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The population is distributed along the three main waterways, Chilia, Sulina and Sfintu Gheorghe, the main source of drinking water.
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Channels cut from Lake Fortunato to the main Sulina waterway caused the water level in the lake to fall from 2.5 m to 1 m.
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In 1988 a political scandal broke with the reporting of the dumping of 4,000 tons of toxic waste (including dioxine) at Sulina.
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The worst affected sections lie between Sulina and Sf Gheorghe and Sf Gheorghe and Partita and also along the Sinoe Lake area.
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These are listed as: maintenance of flood defense; completion of the regulation of the Sf Gheorghe branch; completion of the works to protect the coastline in the zone of Sinoe; completion of the works to protect the coastline in the zone of Portita-Sf Georghe-Sulina; navigation and bank protection of the Sulina branch; and maintenance of existing reclamations at Pardina, Sireasa, Fortuna, Rusco, Grindul Island, Chilia and Sulina.
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Under the previous regime parts of the Delta were heavily used for tourism, with up to 100,000 visitors annually, mostly concentrated at two hotels along the Sulina channel, although many camp along major channels in the summer.
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The coastline has been strengthened and protected in part, and further construction aimed at reducing erosion includes the building of a 32 km canal (35 m wide and 6-7 m deep, with a dam at its eastern end to stop sea surges) connecting Sulina and Sf Gheorghe which will transport delta water into the sea at Cherhana Rosulet.
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Lies on the coast of the Black Sea in the eastern part of the country in Tulcea County, and encompasses the area between the branch rivers Chilia, Sulina and Sfintu Gheorghe, the former creating the boundary between Romania and the Ukrainian SSR.
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The center of commercial activity in the Delta is the freeport of Sulina.
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The increase in fish farming activities has caused some conflict with bird colonies, especially of pelicans and cormorants (e.g. at Maliuc on the Sulina waterway).
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