Destruction of the ichthiofauna of the Southern Bug as a result of the construction of small hydropower

Abstract

The work is devoted to solving the environmental problems of the Southern Bug, which arose as a result of the construction and operation of hydroelectric power plants and the search for ways to restore and preserve the lost ichthyofauna. It was established that decades of economic exploitation of the water resources of the Southern Bug basin had a devastating effect on the biodiversity of ichthyofauna. Many valuable species were destroyed. The beginning of the degradation of the Southern Bug was the massive construction of hydroelectric power stations, which turned out to be a huge permanent and destructive pollution. The Southern Bug turned into a cascade of stagnant watercourses, which completely changed and worsened the conditions for the existence of ichthyofauna species and led to their subsequent disappearance. The processes of destruction of the Southern Bug due to huge regulation and significant pollution continue, which negatively affects its inhabitants, in particular, new representatives of ichthyofauna are added to the category of endangered and disappeared. A number of priority environmental protection measures are proposed, which will help stop the process of final destruction of the Southern Bug, restore its water resources, and reproduce the lost ichthyofauna

Keywords

• southern bug
• hydroelectric power station
• ichthyofauna
• sturgeon family
• environmental protection measures