Vodná nádrž Nová Bystrica (TILOS / no diving)
Diving is strictly banned: the Nová Bystrica reservoir in Kysuce is a source of raw drinking water in protection zone I, and diving is possible only with the approval of the Ministry of Environment. Divers who described it mention a stone-lined dam wall and sides down to 25 m, an intake tower about 150 m from the dam reaching the bottom, visibility of about 1.5 m to 8 m and about 7 m below, and water dropping fast below 8 m to 4 °C from 20 m all year.
Facts
- Region: Slovakia – Quarries, Tajchy & Reservoirs
- Area: Turiec, Žilina & Kysuce
- Depth: 0–48 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: low
- Type: wall
- Coordinates: 49.34117, 19.04072
- Highlights: drinking-water dam in protection zone I, dam wall and sides lined with stones to 25 m, intake tower to the bottom, about 4 °C below 20 m
- Permit: Drinking-water source in protection zone I: diving is banned, with exceptions only by approval of the Slovak Ministry of Environment (MŽP SR), per the diver database. No public procedure was found.
- Issuer / contact: Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic (MŽP SR)
- Website: https://www.minzp.sk/
- the diver database names MŽP SR as the only body that can allow diving; no published procedure or contact for diving permits was found
- Closed / banned site: Diving ban because of drinking-water protection zone I ('Potápanie prísne zakázané'). Check current terms.
- Tips: Do not dive here.