Photo: Vassia Atanassova - Spiritia · CC BY-SA 3.0The Srechenska Bara reservoir lies in the Balkan range in north-western Bulgaria, and is the drinking-water source for Montana, Vratsa, Berkovitsa, Varshets and some twenty to thirty smaller settlements. It holds a maximum of about 15.5 million m³.
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This is a drinking-water reservoir, so ask in Berkovitsa or Varshets about access.
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Sources & data
- Bulgaria's 2022 Water Framework Directive reporting to the EEA: lake (LW) and transitional (TW) water bodies, field cArea, European Environment Agency (WISE WFD), reported by Bulgaria, 2022
- OpenStreetMap: яз. Среченска бара (way 25236733), OpenStreetMap contributors
- Srechenska Bara reservoir full since December (2026), BTA
- Water rationed in eleven villages in Montana region, BTA