Mykolaivoblteploenerho will spend almost ₴5 million on laboratory studies of water quality at delivery points

The municipal enterprise Mykolaivvoblteploenerho is going to spend 4 million 978 thousand hryvnias on conducting laboratory tests of drinking water at the points of delivery.

This is evidenced by the data of the public procurement system ProZorro, writes NikVesti.

We are talking about the study of water, which is located at 79 distribution points of regional thermal energy, the director of the enterprise, Mykola Lohvinov, told us in a comment.

— We supply drinking water to the population of Mykolaiv. In order for the water to meet sanitary standards, it is necessary to conduct laboratory tests. We have 79 drinking water points. There you need to do tests every week or so. Therefore, we are holding a tender in order to conclude a contract with a certified laboratory that will conduct such analyzes so that the water meets the drinking quality, he said.

The contractor will have to provide the following water research services by December 31, 2024:

• Sample preparation of a water sample for microbiological research — 4,345 services;
• Determination of the total microbial count in drinking water — 4345 services;
• Determination of the hydrogen indicator in drinking water — 4345 services;
• Determination of organoleptic indicators in drinking water (smell, taste and aftertaste, color, turbidity) — 4345 services;
• Determination of total coliforms in drinking water — 4345 services;
• Determination of nitrite content in drinking water — 4345 services;
• Determination of ammonium nitrogen by titrometric method — 4345 services;
• Sampling of water samples — 4345 services;
• Sample preparation of a water sample for research — 1027 services;
• Determination of nitrite content in drinking water — 1027 services;
• Determination of permanganate oxidizability by titrometric method — 1027 services;
• Determination of total hardness in drinking water — 1027 services;
• Determination of chloride content in drinking water — 1027 services;
• Determination of sulfate content in drinking water — 1027 services;
• Determination of dry balance — 1027 services;
• Determination of iron in drinking water — 1027 services.

We remind you that during the summer, the residents of Mykolaiv consumed 27.9 million liters of purified water from free dispensing points operated by the public utility Mykolaivvoblteploenerho.

At the same time, the Department of Housing and Communal Services of the Mykolaiv City Council expects that already in November, Oblteploenerho will be able to receive compensation under the Available Water program.

We remind that in June 2023, deputies of the Mykolaiv City Council approved the Available Water program on the second attempt. It was planned to allocate 37.6 million hryvnias from the city budget for its implementation in 2023. These funds were to be spent on the maintenance of reverse osmosis stations, of which there are currently 145 in Mykolaiv.

Mykolaiv Zoo was recently added to the program. It will receive funds from the city budget for maintenance, maintenance and repair of water treatment systems.

Earlier it was also reported that the water under the Available Water program is not potable.

Dmytro Falko, the secretary of Mykolaiv city council, said that in Mykolaiv after the war, the city council plans to create a utility company that will take care of the purified water points, service them and sell water to the population. At the same time, the cost of a liter of water, according to preliminary calculations, can be 20 kopecks.