Ministry of Environment: the issue of high-quality water for Mykolaiv is under Zelenskyy's personal control

Discussion of issues related to the construction of a water pipeline for Mykolaiv. Photo: Facebook page of Ruslan Strilets

The project of the water supply program for nine regions of Ukraine, including the Mykolaiv region, has been developed and will be approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the near future.

This was assured by the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Ruslan Strilets.

He said that he held a meeting on water supply in the regions and talked with the head of Mykolayiv RMA Vitalii Kim and his deputies. He also assured that Mykolaiv region will have water.

«Quality drinking water for Mykolaiv residents is a matter under the personal control of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Mykolayiv region will have water. The project of the water supply program for nine regions of Ukraine, including the Mykolaiv region, has been developed and will be approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the near future,» he wrote.

Discussion of issues related to the construction of a water pipeline for Mykolaiv. Photo: Facebook page of Ruslan Strilets

Discussion of issues related to the construction of a water pipeline for Mykolaiv. Photo: Facebook page of Ruslan Strilets

Waterworks 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 questions of NikVesti, Vitalii Kim said that Mykolaiv has not yet received funds from the government for the construction of a new water supply, 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 Mykolaiv 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. What are the changes to Cabinet Resolution No. 566, approved on April 29, 2024, as evidenced by 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 Kornienko, answering the questions of 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.

The head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, David Arakhamiia, believes that funds for the construction of a new water pipeline 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 an aqueduct for the supply of drinking water.