Mykolaiv region found a way to provide people with drinking water

Mykolaiv region found a way to provide people with drinking water shutterstock
Katerina Belousova

Thanks to the station, impurities and pollutants are removed from the water

The Kärcher WTC 5000 mobile water purification station, capable of purifying about 5,000 liters per hour, went into operation in the Mykolayiv region.

The station will be moved between settlements whose residents suffer from a shortage of drinking water due to the occupiers undermining the dam of the Kakhovskaya HPP, the State Water Resources Agency reports on Facebook.

It is noted that the station was provided by the German Federal Agency for Technical Assistance with the assistance of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources.

The message emphasized that the Kärcher station is capable of purifying water from various sources to drinking quality in accordance with international standards. Thanks to several stages of purification and filtration, impurities and pollutants are removed from the water.

The press service added that specialists of the State Water Agency have received appropriate training on the operation and maintenance of the station.

"The State Water Agency highly values ​​partnership relations with European colleagues and expresses gratitude to the German Federal Agency for Technical Assistance (THW, Technisches Hilfswerk) for the assistance provided," the message emphasized.

Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitaliy Kim, said that there will be an outbreak in the region a serious environmental problem in 2-3 weeks due to the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP.

As EcoPolitic previously reported, due to the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP, the Nikopol and part of the Kryvorizky districts Dnipropetrovsk Region was left without water supply.

Related
Work has been underway for over a month to clean up oil products from Kyrylivske Lake and the Syrets Stream in the capital
Work has been underway for over a month to clean up oil products from Kyrylivske Lake and the Syrets Stream in the capital

Council workers are removing contaminated plants and treating the areas with sorbent

Global water crisis: rivers in Ukraine and the EU have reached record low levels, whilst reservoirs in the US are drying up
Global water crisis: rivers in Ukraine and the EU have reached record low levels, whilst reservoirs in the US are drying up

This is already posing a threat to the energy sector, logistics and the preservation of ecosystems

What to do if you spot a live or dead dolphin – advice from a scientist
What to do if you spot a live or dead dolphin – advice from a scientist

Unprofessional attempts to ‘rescue’ an animal can only make things worse for it

Life imprisonment for ecocide, eight years for water pollution: the Rada wants to toughen penalties for environmental crimes
Life imprisonment for ecocide, eight years for water pollution: the Rada wants to toughen penalties for environmental crimes

For ‘trivial’ pollution of water resources, citizens could face fines of up to 8,500 UAH, whilst legal entities could be fined up to 51,000 UAH