70% of Krivoy Rog (Dnepropetrovsk region) may be left without water. Most of the city is fed from the Kakhovka reservoir. People are urged to temporarily reduce consumption, at night the pressure in the taps will be relieved.
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There is water in the taps of Kryvyi Rih residents, but it is necessary to save money, said Alexander Vilkul, head of the CAA. He believes that the industry should also switch to an economical mode. Now the question of creation of new water intakes is solved.
On the morning of June 7, the level of the Kakhovka reservoir dropped by another half a meter overnight, and since the destruction of the dam by 2.5 m. But in Krivoy Rog, the city water canal is operating normally, water is supplied to all districts of the city, water quality is under the control of specialists.
In Krivoy Rog, during the year of Russian occupation of the Kakhovka reservoir, more than 14 km of pipes were laid to optimize the water supply system, and the canal was deepened, which supplies water from the Kakhovka reservoir. The Karachunovskoe and Yuzhnoe reservoirs were filled with water up to the maximum value beforehand.
All this gives us now some head start in time. There is no reason to panic. There will be water in the city,” Vilkul said.
In Kryvyi Rih, the Central City district and partially the Metallurgichesky, Dolgintsevsky and Saksagansky districts are supplied with water from the Karachunovsky reservoir. There are no risks in this part of the city. In other districts, and this is 70% of the city, water is supplied from the Kakhovka reservoir through the canal to the Yuzhnoye reservoir and distributed to consumers from it.
Therefore, in Kryvyi Rih, they decided to reduce water consumption by 30-40% in areas that receive water from Kakhovka.
This will make both the industry and the population. During the day, water will be supplied as normal, but from 22:00 to 05:00, the water pressure will decrease. This applies to areas supplied with water from Kakhovka. At other times, water will be supplied, perhaps with a slightly reduced pressure, but it will be supplied everywhere,” the head of the MVA wrote on his social networks.
Vilkul asks not to create excitement and panic and not to draw water into everything that is possible. On June 6, water consumption by the population doubled.
Remember the situation when they bought salt, then sugar and so on, Vilkul reminded.
The city also completely banned watering from hoses. This also applies to dacha cooperatives and the private sector. Cooperatives that do not comply with this regime will also be disconnected from the water supply.
The restrictions will remain in place until a balance is reached between water consumption and its injection into the South Reservoir.
If these measures are not enough, the head of the MVA promised to introduce additional restrictions.
Recall that on June 6, the Cabinet of Ministers allocated UAH 1.5 billion for the construction of new main water pipelines for the cities of Kherson, Mykolaiv, Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Source: Racurs
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