Municipalities on Berounka River protest against planned anti-flood dam

Municipalities on the upper part of the Berounka River have protested against plans to build an anti-flood detention basin on the river. Representatives of 25 municipalities handed their protest note to the regional authority of Central Bohemia as well as to the agriculture and environment ministers. They argue that the dam would threaten the nearby protected landscape area of Křivoklátsko. The Vltava Water Management authority is considering the anti-flood dam to protect houses along the river from a 100-year flood, which could cover an area of up to 1000 hectares.