There is plenty of Dnieper water under the dry bed of the North Crimean Canal - academician
Over the decades of operation of the North Crimean Canal, which supplies water to the peninsula from the Dnieper River, gaps have formed in the canal bed, into which up to half of the total volume of transported water flows.
Academician, former Minister of Ecology of the Russian Federation and Director of the Institute of Water Management of the Russian Academy of Sciences Viktor Danilov-Danilyan stated this on the air of the Crimea 24 television channel, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to the expert, scientists need to find these deposits into which the water flowed and begin pumping from there.
“All hydraulic structures in Crimea, ground ones, namely water redistribution channels and reservoirs, are not provided with waterproofing. A huge amount of water is lost through filtration. We, for example, are absolutely sure that along the route of the North Crimean Canal there are deposits formed as a result of the operation of the canal and leaks (up to half of the water that was released through the canal flowed out of it), that deposits have formed there that can be exploited, but which are not exploited. They need to be found. You won’t find them quickly; again, this takes several months,” said Danilov-Danilyan.
As a reminder, a drought in Crimea caused the reservoirs that fed the Simferopol and Bakhchisaray districts, including the cities, to dry up. Authorities were forced to restrict water supplies, introduce schedules, and urgently organize water transfers from other sources.
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