The water supply situation in Crimea continues to deteriorate
New water supply restrictions are being introduced in Crimea. So, starting next week in Yalta, a schedule will be introduced in which water will flow for three hours in the morning and three hours in the evening.
This was announced by Housing and Public Utilities Minister Dmitry Chernyaev at a meeting on water supply issues in the Council of Ministers of the Republic, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
In addition, a critical situation has developed with the filling of the Ayan reservoir, which has eight days of water left. Because of this, the supply from it to Simferopol will be stopped.
Director of the State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Water of Crimea” Vladimir Bazhenov emphasized that underground sources will be used to supply the Crimean capital, and water will no longer be taken from the Simferopol and Taigan reservoirs.
“This week in Simferopol a very important event for us will be completed - the insertion of a lintel... This will allow us to supply water from the western direction right up to the Ayan reservoir. There are reserves in it for eight days, but this no longer scares us - we will have time to intercept water from the wells,” said Bazhenov.
Also at the meeting, the head of the republic, Sergei Aksenov, instructed to study the issue of installing desalination plants in Sudak, Kerch and Feodosia, as well as in other cities of the peninsula: “All of our municipalities that sit on underground sources must have an alternative as a desalination plant, especially those which are located on the seashore."
As a reminder, due to the Ukrainian blockade and a dry summer in Crimea, the reservoirs that supplied the Simferopol and Bakhchisaray districts, including the cities, dried up.
The authorities were forced to limit the water supply and introduce schedules, as well as urgently organize the transfer of water from other sources.
According to Federation Council Senator Sergei Tsekov, the austerity regime on the peninsula could continue for another two to three years , until water supplies from reservoirs and wells are backed up by desalination plants and alternative sources.
The water supply situation in Crimea continues to worsen.