Construction of Water Supply in Mykolaiv: almost ₴700 million has already been received to the budget of the region

700 million hryvnias have already been allocated from the state budget to the budget of the Mykolaiv region to finance the construction of a new water supply project in Mykolaiv. These funds are allocated by the Cabinet of Ministers.

During yesterday's briefing, the acting director of the department of town planning, architecture, capital construction and support of development projects of the Mykolayiv RMA Svitlana Grigorieva and her deputy Oleksandr Nefyodov reported about this, «NikVesti» writes.

The department reminded that the project for the reconstruction of 12 parts of the water main is designed for 2 years. For the works to be carried out this year, the budget received 669 million 990 thousand 54 hryvnias.

— The money has arrived. Currently, the work of concluding contracts and obtaining permits is underway. Permits are currently being drawn up from contractors for the start of construction works on reconstruction. It is not so easy to do everything quickly, — said Oleksandr Nefyodov.

We will remind that during the briefing, commenting on the investigation by the publication «Our Money» regarding the overpayment for the reconstruction of the water pipe, the department stated that the prices specified in the tender correspond to reality.

What about the water in Mykolaiv?

Back in April 2022, Russian troops destroyed the water pipeline through which Mykolaiv received drinking water.

Previously, «NikVesti» wrote that the water in the taps of Mykolaiv residents is dangerous for consumption, as it contains enterococci, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, toxic elements, has an increased content of chlorides, sulfates, dry residue, etc.

More information about the dangers of drinking «technical» water and what awaits the city's residents in the future — in the material «Mykolaiv. The city that holds the defense of the south suffers from thirstl».

In March 2023, the director of Mykolaivvodokanal, Borys Dudenko, announced the possible threat of destruction of the sewage system due to the influence of salt water. According to him, over the past year, the water utility has eliminated more than 1,000 leaks, and after the start of the supply of salty water, the number of accidents per day increased 10-15 times. In addition, concrete sewer collectors also begin to degrade.

The European Investment Bank has approved additional credit financing of 20 million euros to improve water supply and drainage in Mykolaiv within the framework of the Municipal Infrastructure Development Program of Ukraine.

Earlier it was reported that 1.2 billion hryvnias are going to be allocated from the state budget for the restoration of the water supply system in Mykolaiv. Such a step is necessary for the city, since salt water corrodes the pipes and over time the entire water supply system will have to be changed in Mykolaiv.

At the same time, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitalii Kim, considers his team's decision to supply the city with salty technical water from the Southern Bug to be the right one after last April, as a result of Russian shelling, the water main from the Dnipro River was damaged.

The Vodokanal is considering six options for arranging a new water intake site to provide Mykolaiv with drinking water.

As you know, the search for an alternative source of water intake began in the summer of last year. At that time, the general director of the water utility Borys Dudenko talked about only a few options, where to get the amount of water necessary to fill the water supply system of our city and its 24-hour operation.

The first option is to go higher along the channel of the Southern Bug, choose a place with high-quality fresh water, build a water intake station there, lay a pipeline to Mykolaiv.

The second is to continue pumping water from the Dnipro-Bug estuary, but to install industrial-scale reverse osmosis units. Such installations are very energy-consuming.

On August 19, the department of urban planning, architecture, capital construction and support of development projects of Mykolaiv RMA announced tenders for the reconstruction of 12 sections of water mains damaged by salt water in different areas of the city for a total amount of 1 billion 348 million hryvnias.

Recently, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitalii Kim, announced the possible deterioration of water quality in the taps of Mykolaiv residents by the end of 2023.

At the same time, he believes that currently the water from the taps in Mykolaiv, which the townspeople consider technical, is better in terms of quality than «most water in Europe."