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Only 53.1% of Romania’s population, or 11.42 million people were connected to public water utilities in 2008, the National Statistics Institute, or INS, said Wednesday.

Romania’s water reserves are sufficient and, should meteorologists’ forecasts come true, no restrictions will be levied against the population, industry or agriculture as regards water consumption, the national authority “Apele Romane” (ANAR) said in a statement Wednesday.

The five children in Barla, in southern Romanian Arges county, who were taken Monday evening to Bucharest’s emergency hospital "Grigore Alexandrescu" with non-freezing lubricant poisoning are in stable condition and will remain in the hospital for the next 72 hours to receive medical care.

Bucharest thermal power distributor RADET might halt hot water supply in the capital city as of Jul 23, over debts of 700 million lei (EUR1=RON3.5474) dating back from 1996, the manager of Bucharest’s energy regulator AMEREB, Tudor Popescu, said Monday.

Drought will not affect Romania in July and August as severely as last year and the country has sufficient water resources, Marius Postelnicescu, head of Romania’s National Water Administration, said Thursday.

Romania’s environment minister Attila Korodi said Wednesday 32% of Romanians lack running water and sewage services and Romania needs to invest in waste management, water and waste water administration to catch up with other European countries.