Bârzava River (Timiș)

The Bârzava in Romania and Serbia

The Bârzava (Romanian, Serbian Brzava / Брзава, Hungarian Berzava, German Bersau ) is a river in Romania and Serbia. The river has a length of 166 km and crosses the Romanian circles Caras -Severin and Timis and the Serbian province of Vojvodina. The Bârzava opens into the Timis.

Description

The Bârzava rises in the Semenic Mountains and crosses the Anina Mountains to the north. Its main tributaries are the rivers Valiug, Crainic, Raul Alb, Secu, Valea Mare and Doman. In its upper course the reservoirs Văliug, Gozna and Secu are encountered.

Hydro Technology on the Bârzava

The first preparations for building a Holzschwemmanlage on the Bârzava have already been taken in 1783. The work began with the building of dams, rakes, reservoirs before 1785 began with the actual floating of timber. To lift the logs out of the water three rakes were built in Resita, Câlnic and Bocşa. In order to regulate the water level of the Bârzava for timber floating, in 1864, the dam " Klauss " was built in Văliug. The dam, which consisted of carved pine trunks, and was filled with stone, had a maximum height of 11.5 meters and was 76 meters long. 1894, the dam " Klauss " was repaired and enlarged. With a height of 14 meters, the dam now had an area of 5 acres and a volume of 250,000 cubic meters. The dam was built of tamped earth now combined with stone -filled boxes. In this form he worked until 1917.

The reservoir Văliug was built in 1909. It has an area of 12.6 hectares and a capacity of 1,130,000 cubic meters of water. The reservoir Văliug is 25 meters deep and has been for water supply and power supply built. He is an excellent swimming lake.

The reservoir Secu located down the valley of the reservoir Văliug and has an area of ​​105.67 hectares. It was built to supply water but also to protect against flooding.

The reservoir was built in the valley of the reservoir Gozna Văliug and has an area of 66.2 hectares. It is ideal for trout fishing.