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Distribution points: residents of Mykolaiv collected almost 8 million liters of free purified water in October

Mykolaiv residents use water dispensers. Photo: press service of the Mykolaiv City Council Mykolaiv residents use water dispensers. Photo: press service of the Mykolaiv City Council

In October, the residents of Mykolaiv collected 7.8 million liters of free purified water at the dispensing points, which were set up by the Mykolaivoblteploenergo OKP.

This was reported by the press service of the Mykolaiv City Council.

It is noted that since the beginning of 2024, the enterprise has provided about 94 million liters of water. The city has almost 80 delivery points in all districts.

In addition, Mykolaivoblteploenergo specialists regularly service these points, carry out the necessary routine work so that the citizens receive high-quality and suitable water for consumption.

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The city hall reported. that detailed information about the operation of water points can be found on the interactive map.

We will remind that the service for the restoration and development of infrastructure in the Mykolaiv region without a tender chose the companies that will build a new water intake and water main for the launch of fresh water to Mykolaiv.

Water supply for Mykolaiv

In May, Mayor Sienkevych expressed hope that the dismissal of Oleksandr Kubrakov from the post of Minister of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure will not affect plans to build a new water main for the city.

Mustafa Naiiem was also dismissed in June. However, Naiiem himself later responded to the Ministry of Finance's accusation that the Agency did not provide a water supply project in the Mykolayiv region, noting that at the time of his dismissal, the terms of reference for the procurement procedure were already being prepared.

During the briefing on July 11, answering the question NikVesti, Vitalii Kim said that Mykolaiv has not yet received funds from the government for the construction of a new waterworks, because the amount has changed there. He planned to present the updated estimate of the project for consideration by the government.

Earlier, the head of Mykolayiv RMA Vitalii Kim told journalists that thanks to the optimization of the estimate, about 3 billion hryvnias are needed for the construction of the water pipeline. Although earlier it was about the amount from 4 to 8 billion hryvnias.

It is worth noting that in two years the government did not allocate funds for the construction of a new water supply system to provide Mykolaiv with quality water. As evidenced by the amendments to Cabinet Resolution №566, approved on April 29, 2024, they write NikVesti. At the same time, in 2023, the government allocated 8.2 billion hryvnias for the construction of new water mains in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and 5.1 billion hryvnias this year.

During the conference in Berlin, the first vice-speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Korniienko, answering the question NikVesti, stated that the lack of drinking water in Mykolaiv is one of the biggest problems in Ukraine, which the state must solve in the near future.

David Arakhamiia, head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, believes that funds for the construction of a new water main for Mykolaiv should be allocated from the reserve fund of the state budget.

On July 23, 2024, Mykolaiv City Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych met with the leadership of the Service for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure in the Mykolaiv Region to discuss the process of building a water main for the supply of drinking water.

Later, it became known that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered the construction of a new water main to provide Mykolaiv with drinking water «on the fast track»drinking water should be available by the summer of 2025. The government has already approved the corresponding program.

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