The water level in the lake dropped to 10 cm below the critical – BBC

The water level in Lake Baikal has fallen even further and reached 455.90 meters – is 10 cm below the critical level, according to TASS .

«level in Lake Baikal is 455 90 m. The waste amounts through Irkutsk hydroelectric until March 27, carried out at a rate of 1,250 cubic meters per second. In connection with the violation of the ice cover and lower the water level in the area of ​​water intake structures in the downstream hydroelectric March 28 waste amounts through Irkutsk hydroelectric increased to 1.3 thousand cubic meters per second, “- said the Rosvodresursy.

Experts bind water scarcity deepest lake on the planet with the lack of rainfall.

Previous in the Ministry of Natural Resources said that in April, the water level in the lake begins to recover.