Waste-free water supply project is being implemented in Mykolaiv

Mykolaiv is implementing an initiative aimed at improving the efficiency of the city's water supply. The project called 'Unrevenue Water: Reconstruction of the Water Supply System in a Selected Area of Mykolaiv' has already entered the design stage.

This was announced by Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych.

The reconstruction will cover 36 streets of the Korabelnyi district, and the total length of the pipelines to be renovated will be about 23 kilometers. The main goal of the project is to significantly reduce water losses and increase the energy efficiency of water supply.

Funding for the work is provided by a grant from the Danish Government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, managed by the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO). Mykolaiv City Council and NEFCO signed the grant agreement back in 2024.

According to the mayor, the experience gained in the Korabelnyi district will be scaled up to the entire regional center.

The project is part of a broader effort to restore Mykolaiv's water supply. At the end of August this year, the water pipeline, which was built to provide drinking water to the city's residents, was finally connected to the city water utility.

In September, Vitaliy Kim, head of the Mykolaiv Regional Water Administration, said that although the water pipeline was already connected to the network, the construction of treatment facilities was still underway. He predicts that the city will have high-quality drinking tap water by the end of this year or early next year.

By the end of 2025, a modern filtration station is to be launched at the Mykolaiv water supply system. Its key feature is the full automation of the water purification and quality control process.

<b>Oleksandr Kolomiytsev</b>, Head of Infrastructure Restoration and Development, explained the main idea: "The system will determine which reagents need to be added to ensure that the water is of the quality that meets the state standards of Ukraine." The station will also be able to automatically take water samples to determine its safety.

However, despite the introduction of a high-tech treatment system, there are still significant concerns. The cleanest water from the filters is contaminated when it enters the existing municipal water supply system. Vodokanal Mykolaiv admits that the quality of the water in the pipes currently "leaves much to be desired," which poses a problem for the ultimate efficiency of the new water system.

Катерина Глушко