Three new mobile water quality monitoring laboratories have been provided by Korean partners to water resources basin management departments in the regions where active hostilities are taking place.
This was reported by Svitlana Hrynchuk, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, on Facebook.
The laboratories worth $466,000 were transferred to the State Agency of Water Resources of Ukraine by the Korean government through the Korean International Cooperation Agency KOICA in Ukraine.
“This was made possible within the framework of the government program “Ensuring Access to Safe Drinking Water in Ukraine,” the minister said.
The mobile laboratories will operate in:
- Siverskyi Donets Basin Water Resources Administration;
- Regional Water Resources Office in Dnipropetrovska oblast;
- Southern Region of the Black Sea and Lower Danube River Basin Water Resources Administration.
The new equipment will help water management specialists to analyze surface water quality in a timely manner. The new mobile laboratories will be used in conjunction with stationary instruments. They will be able to assess up to 20 water quality indicators on site.
Photo: facebook.com/s.grynchuk.
Thanks to mobile laboratories, specialists will be able to respond more quickly to threats of pollution caused by military actions, conduct timely water sampling and promptly measure concentrations of harmful substances on the spot.
Svitlana Grynchuk thanked the Korean partners for their significant help in implementing the program and supporting Ukraine in this difficult time.
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