In Slovakia, a beaver built a dam that can leave five thousand residents without water (3 photos)

To solve the problem, environmental activists and the park management will install a water drainage pipe, and fence off the trees that the beavers are gnawing with a protective net.





In the Tatra National Park in Slovakia, a beaver built a dam between a water treatment plant and water supply installations. Because of the structure, more than five thousand residents of the surrounding villages may be left without drinking water.

Representatives of the national park have already met with environmental activists to take the necessary measures to protect the rare animal and drinking water, notes the Korzár publication. For this purpose, it was decided to install a water drainage pipe and to fence off the trees that the beavers gnaw with a protective net.



The director of the national park's protection, Jan Sliwinski, said that beaver activity had been recorded for the past ten years. The animals built their first dams on the right bank of the river in Polana near Muran. However, at the beginning of the year, the beaver apparently moved to the other bank due to more accessible food sources.

"The activity of the protected animal threatens the water intake structure and can lead to the degradation of the water source, worsening the quality of the source water," said Michal Wasserman, production and technical director of PVPS.