The channel under the mudflat dam hides a mass wintering ground for bats

The Slapy water reservoir was built between 1949 and 1955 as part of the so-called Vltava cascade. The main goal of the construction of this system, including, for example, the Lipno, Orlík and Štěchovice water works, was the production of electricity. However, dams also serve as protection against floods – the cascade is able to stop a flood up to the size of twenty-year water and mitigate larger floods. At the same time, these water…