Residents of Pohranychna Street in Mykolaiv complain about the lack of water supply

Residents of the building on 138A Pohranychna street, in Mykolaiv complained about the lack of water supply for the third month.

Mykola Pokydko, a resident of the building, turned to the editorial office of NikVesti with such a problem.

«In the area of the bus station on Pohranychna, the pipes were changed, and as soon as the work there was completed, the water was turned on for us. For two weeks, the pressure was so strong that the faucet rose, and then there was no water. At first there was low pressure, and then the water disappeared completely,» he said.

According to the man, he appealed to the management company «City for People» and KP Mykolaivvodokanal, but to no avail.

«I called the management company, they told me that they would check everything. So for a month and a half, no one came to us. I have already started calling the water company. They said that the management company should check the pressure at the exit from the pipe and supply to the house. If the pressure is normal, it is a problem of the management company, if the pressure is weak, then it is a matter for the water company,» said the resident.

According to him, a little later, CFL sent workers to the site, who discovered a breakdown in the well, blocking the access of water to the pipe.

«Since the well is filled with water, it was necessary for «Mykolaivvodokanal» to pump out the water, then the management company could repair it. Time passed, nothing changed, I called the water utility, where they told me that they did not have a suitable application, although MDL promised to submit it. The company informed me that the application was submitted to the emergency service, and since there are no breakthroughs, the emergency service will not help us,» said the man.

In a comment to NikVesti, the management company «City for People» reported that on Thursday, December 21, they conducted a comprehensive survey. It turned out that the problem is still low pressure. We were not talking about a breakdown in the well.

«Today, December 21, 2023, the managing company Mykolaiv City for People and Mykolaivvodokanal Municipal Corporation conducted a joint inspection of this building. The problem — low water pressure — is in the area of responsibility of Mykolaivvodokanal KP. Specialists of the utility company have formed a work plan to solve this problem,» the company reported.

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 using «technical» water for citizens and what awaits the city's residents in the future can be found in the «Mykolaiv. The city that holds the defense of the south suffers from thirst».

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 has increased to 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 Sourhern 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.

Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych recently said that the implementation of the project to restore water supply in Mykolaiv will cost 25 million euros.