Nikolaev received a water -protected water supply: the city is returned fresh water for the first time in 3 years

To spread: in Nikolaev, a "sophisticated infrastructure project" was implemented - a new water supply was built to bring access to fresh water to the locals. The pipeline extends for 136 kilometers, and has already worked fully. More than half a million inhabitants of Nikolaev have been deprived of fresh water since 2022, when the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation undermined a key main water supply.

However, in the year it was possible to implement a "complex infrastructure project" to restore permanent water supply. On October 7, Viceremier-Minister for Recovery, Minister of Community Development and Territories of Ukraine Alexei Kuleb reported. In Nikolaev, a completely new pipeline was built with a length of 136 kilometers - in two threads of 67. 9 kilometers, as well as pumping stations. After the test filling of the system in August, fresh water was released to consumers.

"The system is protected from shelling, as far as possible in the face of a great war, cable lines are laid underground, there are shelters for staff, backup generators and modern equipment," Kuleba emphasized. The project cost UAH 6. 3 billion. Another 2. 5 billion, which has been saved by the expertise of the recovery agency, will be spent on other water supply facilities, including the construction of water supply and water supply in other regions.

The chairman of the Nikolaev ova Vitaliy Kim in an interview with Glavcom on October 6 told that the bandwidth of the "threads" of the new water supply - 120 thousand cubic meters. He comes from New Odessa, the Southern Bug River. The first "thread" is completely filled with water and the second is now pumped. From October 1, the new water supply has already worked-water goes on a constant basis, on October 7-8 it was planned to be put into the city system.

In this case, experts test various counters, flow meters and more. "Most likely, we will mix first: water from the Ingulets with water of a new water supply system to wash the old one. On" one or two "water will not become crystal. But people will gradually feel as it becomes better. The whole process can take four months, although the predicted terms were twice as high," Kim added. We will remind, the city of Shostka in the Sumy region plunged in Blackout for several days after firing of energy.