Water supply from a new water pipeline started in Mykolaiv

On October 1, the water supply system from Nova Odesa was launched in Mykolaiv. The water should start flowing directly into the city's water supply system in the coming days, approximately from October 7-8.

This was reported by Vitaliy Kim, the head of Mykolaiv Regional Water Administration .

The new water supply system is 67 kilometers long and takes water directly from the Southern Bug River. The system consists of two lines with a total capacity of 120 thousand cubic meters of water. The first line is already completely filled with water, while the second is currently being pumped.

Kim explained that at the first stage, the water from the new water supply system will be mixed with water from Ingulets. This is necessary to flush the old city pipes. The process of fully upgrading the system and tangibly improving the water quality may take about four months. This is much faster than the initial forecasts, which envisaged a timeframe twice as long. Residents will notice a gradual improvement in the quality of their drinking water.

The new water supply system will ensure a stable supply of treated water for more than 500,000 residents of Mykolaiv who have been experiencing a shortage of quality drinking water since May 2022. In April 2022, Russian troops destroyed a water pipeline supplying water from the Dnipro River. As a result, the city was left without water supply, and later the network was supplied with salt water from the estuary, and then with river water of poorer quality.

The system is being restored with the support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The Cabinet of Ministers has already allocated UAH 125.5 million from the reserve fund for water supply. Initially, the construction work was carried out by several companies that had previously received large-scale government contracts, including Avtostrada, Rostdorstroy, and Ukrtransmist. However, criminal proceedings were opened against some contractors, so they were changed.

Катерина Глушко