Ukraine will build three new water mains for towns and villages affected by Kakhovka dam destruction
Because of the Russia forces blowing up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), the south of Ukraine now has problems with water. The restoration agency plans to build 3 sections of the 87 km long water pipeline, which will pass about 300,000 cubic meters of water per day, possibly increasing the water supply volume to cities and villages.
Ukraiene's State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure announced this on the Facebook page, Rubryka reports.
What is the problem?
As Rubryka reported, on the night of June 6, Russian invaders blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, located a few kilometers from the temporarily occupied city of Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine's southern Kherson region.
Because of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam by the Russian occupiers, about 10,000 hectares of agricultural land were flooded on the right bank of the Kherson region, and the volume is several times greater in the Russia-occupied territories.
Due to the drop in the water level in the Kakhovka reservoir, a large part of the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions will remain without water supply.
What is the solution?
The newly built infrastructure will provide Nikopol, Marhanets, Kryvyi Rih, Tomakivka, Marianske, and Pokrov residents with high-quality drinking water.
How does it work?
As the head of the Reconstruction Agency, Mustafa Naiem, said, the plans are to start the construction of the pipeline, and pumping stations, clean up, and deepen the water channel as soon as possible.
"Our first step is to agree on the route of its passage, taking into account the development of settlements and existing communications," he said. "Next, we will start making project documentation. After the geological and geodetic works, we will have a clearer picture and can determine exactly how much time is needed to complete such a large-scale project."
The new infrastructure will help to quickly restore centralized water supply to cities and villages where water problems arose due to the Russians blowing up the Kakhovka HPP.
The Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure will allocate 1.5 billion hryvnias from the Fund for Liquidation of the Consequences of Armed Aggression to construct main water pipelines in the south of Ukraine.
As Rubryka reported, as of June 6, 2023, it is impossible to establish the actual state of a large part of the reclamation systems in the south of the country because they are located in temporarily occupied territories, and there is no access to them.
British intelligence also added that further flooding is expected in the coming days as the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam continues to fail.
