In Crimea, the effectiveness of desalination plants for water supply to the peninsula was assessed
Seawater desalination stations, which are proposed to be built in Crimea, will not solve all the problems of water scarcity on the peninsula. They must work in conjunction with the development of underground sources.
Nikolai Pavlyuk, head of the scientific center of the St. Petersburg Mining University in the Republic of Crimea, announced this on the air of the Crimea 24 TV channel, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“I think that desalination – yes, of course, it will help, but it will not solve all the problems – it is definitely perfect. Desalination can work together with the entire complex - with underground sources, or complement it, replace it at some stage. But, of course, it is practically impossible to solve the strategic problem of water supply using this. There is the experience of other states, which clearly speaks about this,” Pavlyuk said.
In addition, according to the Prime Minister of the Republic Yuri Gotsanyuk, water from desalination plants will cost consumers several times more than what today comes from underground sources.
“In fact, the whole problem is the high cost. If today water costs 31,55 rubles, then in the production and receipt of fresh water from sea water it will cost about 80 rubles. This is without waste disposal. With waste disposal, this amount will increase significantly. It will cost about two hundred rubles,” Gotsanyuk added.
Earlier, the Rostec state corporation announced plans to launch desalination plants that will allow the peninsula to cope with water shortages.
As a reminder, due to a drought in Crimea, the reservoirs that supplied the Simferopol and Bakhchisaray districts, including the cities, dried up .
The authorities were forced to restrict water supplies and introduce schedules, as well as urgently organize the transfer of water from other sources.
The effectiveness of desalination plants for the peninsula's water supply was assessed in Crimea.