Reservoirs — latest ecology news
![The biologist explained why the Kakhovsky reservoir should not be refilled](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/059DCC99-9B91-45B0-914D-841A2A3BC1AC-500x313.jpeg)
Flooded plants will rot and pollute the air
![Chemical contamination and helminths were found in the water in Vinnytsia](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/shutterstock_1399837628-500x334.jpg)
In reservoirs for drinking water supply, 4.4% of samples were infected with helminths, and in 2022 – 0%
![The Ministry of Defense warned about the risk of desertification of the south due to the explosion of the Kakhovska HPP](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/7C3B4B5D-F62F-46EF-B4F2-34230423840A-500x313.jpeg)
The total amount of precipitation in the Kherson region reaches 400 millimeters per year
![In Odesa, fish died en masse in a protected estuary](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/shutterstock_138708929-500x264.jpg)
Eco-inspectors took water samples for laboratory research
![The bottom of the Kakhovsky Reservoir was turned into a green meadow](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F54E60BA-15AE-457F-918A-73825AD4D63A-500x313.jpeg)
Damage to the environment from the Russians' detonation of the Kakhovskaya HPP reached $1.5 billion
![The Kakhov reservoir is overgrown with wild grass. Video](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/D77AA63F-AFC8-4F98-96A8-D514CF9FE214-500x313.jpeg)
Environmental safety is one of the conditions of the "peace formula" for Ukraine
![The Kakhov reservoir has completely become shallow. Video](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/8B71A835-5B9E-45A3-BFD3-F3AC8C49F59E-500x313.jpeg)
It may take 10 years to restore ecosystems after the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP
![The reservoir in the Kharkiv region was completely restored after the explosion](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/DD7B7844-AF5C-45D8-81D7-B7B2EBF7CFF6-500x313.jpeg)
63 species of plants were found at the bottom of the former reservoir
![Residents of Nikopol began to grow potatoes at the bottom of the Kakhovsky Reservoir](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/5D851C05-78C5-46C0-95E3-38475781705C-500x313.jpeg)
Scientists believe that the crop can be dangerous
![The unique Khadzhibey estuary is drying up near Odessa. Photo](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/363967698_264568172951033_5019141419478853045_n-500x375.jpg)
The reasons for the shoaling are being established
![The bottom of the Kakhovsky Reservoir is planned to be sown with grain](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/50E560FB-DDAE-4B5E-9CFD-BFB8766F06E1-500x313.jpeg)
A new ecosystem began to revive on the drained bottom
![Damages from the undermining of the reservoir dam reached 3 billion UAH in Kharkiv region](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1088A24E-628D-4F94-873F-6741E72BF51E-500x313.jpeg)
Due to the shallowing of the reservoir, some residents of Donetsk and Luhansk regions were left without water supply