Basin Directorate is a government authotity in frame of Ministry of Envionment and water, which assists the Director of Basin Directorate in his responsibilities, ensure technical support and administratives survices of sitizens and firms.

Basin Directorate is a competent authority in the context of Art.3 of WFD for river basin management of water in the East Aegean district.


The management of water is on a national and basin level.
The principal of basin management is based on the cachment areas of the one ore several main rivers in the area of Republic Bulgaria, following natural relief. In Bulgaria are identified four river basin districts, one of them is East Aegean rive basin district – for the rives which discharge in the Eastern part of Aegean sea.
For the river basin management are eastablished basin directorates and basin counsils. Basin directorate is menaged bu Director, who is official person.