At the same time, water will still be taken from the Kakhovka reservoir and its level is approaching a critical level.
The peak of flooding as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station has already passed, but water will still be taken from the Kakhovka reservoir. This was announced by Ihor Syrota, General Director of Ukrhydroenergo, on the air of the telethon on June 8.
He emphasized that the water level has reached a critical level – 12.7 meters. After that there will be no water above the station – neither for the cooling ponds of the Zaporozhye NPP, nor for the needs of the regions.
Sirota added that a decision is being made to eliminate the consequences of the occupiers’ actions.
“Now, together with the design institute, we are developing solutions for the elimination of the consequences and the urgent construction of a cofferdam (overlaid) on the upper part of the reservoir, to be able to block the area where the station . will explode. It will take about two months. Now the design solutions are developed, the need for equipment and machines is determined. , mechanisms, materials are prepared, the cost and terms are calculated,” the head of Ukrhydroenergo specified .
According to him, after the de-occupation, the company will be ready to immediately make a jumper at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.
Recall that during the day the water level in the Kakhovka reservoir dropped by about one meter, and in the morning in the area of Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region it was 13.05 meters.
As reported Correspondent.netOn the night of June 6, Russian troops blew up the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, causing large-scale flooding in the territories of the Kherson region and causing significant environmental, economic and humanitarian damage to Ukraine.
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