Information campaign (event) “Tell about your spring”
From June 1 to August 25, as part of the upcoming International Water Forum, the Republican Unitary Enterprise "Central Research Institute for Integrated Water Resources Management" (RUE "CRI IWRM") is conducting an information campaign (event) "Tell About Your Spring".
The goal of the campaign is to involve the public in the research, improvement, and protection of water bodies of their Small Motherland, with the involvement of public associations, children and youth, and local residents. Participants can tell about one of the springs through video and photo reports, mass media (television, radio, newspapers, magazines, online information resources, social networks with the hashtag #springsofbelarus).
Participation in the competition involves:
– conducting a spring survey (independently or jointly with a representative of the district inspection of natural resources and environmental protection);
– collecting necessary information about the spring in accordance with the competition organizer's requirements (see requirements below);
– sending the work to the competition organizer via email This email address is being protected from spam bots. You must have JavaScript enabled to view it..
The submitted materials must include:
– participant's contact information (full name, contact phone number, email address, mailing address);
– description of the spring's location (region, district, nearest settlement);
– photographs of the spring (3 photos from different angles in JPG/JPEG format (RAW and TIFF formats are not accepted);
– geographical coordinates of the location (mobile phone can be used);
– spring discharge (liters/second, measurement without specialized equipment is allowed);
– description of the current state of the spring (natural, equipped, improved, littered).
All interested parties (local residents, schoolchildren, teachers, youth and public organizations) are invited to participate in the competition. The competition is held in an on-line format. Your works should be sent to the email address: This email address is being protected from spam bots. You must have JavaScript enabled to view it..
The winner of the competition will be determined by the largest number of surveyed springs, with special consideration given to the number of newly discovered springs (information about which is not presented in the section "Register of Surface Water Bodies of the Republic of Belarus" of the State Water Cadastre) and surveyed springs.
Among the submitted works, the competition organizer will also select the 10 best spring photographs and include them in the updated illustrated publication "Springs of Belarus" with mandatory indication of the author of the photograph.
The winner and prize-winners of the competition will be awarded valuable and memorable gifts at the International Water Forum. The forum will be held from September 15 to 17, 2026 in Minsk.
For more detailed information, please contact by phone: 8(017)272-93-44 (Golovenchik Victoria Ivanovna).
