The government has announced the completion of the construction of a preliminary water treatment plant for Mykolaiv
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Preliminary water treatment plants for Mykolaiv. Photo: Autostrada The Government has reported the completion of one of the stages in the restoration of the water supply to Mykolaiv. Specifically, a preliminary water treatment plant with a capacity of 120,000 cubic metres per day.
This was announced by Oleksii Kuleba, Deputy Prime Minister for the Reconstruction of Ukraine and Minister for Community and Territorial Development.
«We have completed another important stage in the restoration of the region’s water supply system — a preliminary water treatment plant with a capacity of 120,000 cubic metres per day. Last year, we completed the construction of a new water pipeline and pumping stations, thanks to which the city has received an uninterrupted supply of fresh water from the Southern Bug for the first time since 2022. Today, the creation of a new, modern water supply system for the Mykolaiv region is effectively complete,» he noted.
According to him, a multi-stage treatment and disinfection system has been introduced at the plant; the facility operates 24 hours a day in automated mode and ensures the treatment of water.
Preliminary water treatment plant for Mykolaiv. Photo: Autostrada 
Preliminary water treatment stations for Mykolaiv. Photo: Autostrada 
Preliminary water treatment plants for Mykolaiv. Photo: Autostrada It should be noted that, as of the end of May 2026, the water coming out of Mykolaiv residents’ taps, following the launch of the new water treatment facilities and water pipeline, still did not meet the standards required for it to be classified as drinking water.
When were the new water treatment facilities due to be commissioned?
There had been promises to commission the new water treatment facilities to provide a centralised water supply in Mykolaiv as early as January 2026, but the plan was to bring them fully online at a later date. They were built using funds saved during the construction of the new water pipeline.
Initially, the plan was to take out a loan from the EIB to fund the construction of the new water treatment facilities for Mykolaiv, with Denmark set to provide a further portion as a grant. The project was expected to take several years to complete and was intended to help ensure the city’s water met European standards.
However, Serhii Sukhomlyn, head of the State Agency for Reconstruction, later stated that this idea had been abandoned. It was decided to build the new water treatment facilities using state funds — those saved during the construction of the city’s new water pipeline.
However, the mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Senkevych, supports the modernisation of the new water treatment facilities using a loan from the European Investment Bank, but believes that the state should be responsible for repaying it.
Read also the article by NikVesti entitled «When will Mykolaiv have drinking water on tap, and how much will it cost?».
The water pipeline for Mykolaiv: a brief history
It has been more than three years since Russian troops damaged the water pipeline that supplied Mykolaiv with water. Since then, the city of nearly half a million people has been left without a centralised supply of high-quality water.
All this time, the people of Mykolaiv have been receiving water from a backup source, which raises many questions about the quality of this water and its salt content. The salt water has damaged 1,200 kilometres of the city’s water supply network. Borys Dudenko, director of «Mykolaivvodokanal», stated that it is impossible to replace the entire length of the network that was damaged by the influx of salt water.
For a long time, representatives of central and local government sought ways to restore the drinking water supply in Mykolaiv. A final decision was reached in 2024: a new water pipeline will be laid from Nova Odesa, with funding allocated from the state budget.
The regional reconstruction service even selected contractors who would work on a ‘design-build’ basis. These were three companies, each responsible for one of the three sections of the work: «Ukrtransmist», «Rostdorstroi» and «Avtostrada». However, both the client and the construction contractor were subsequently changed. The client for the construction of the new water main became the Service for Infrastructure Restoration and Development in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and the contractor was the «Avtostrada» group of companies.
The new water pipeline for Mykolaiv was commissioned on 7 October 2025 — it was connected to the water utility’s networks.
As early as November, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration, Vitalii Kim, stated that drinking water could be flowing from Mykolaiv residents’ taps within half a month to a month. That is precisely how long it will take to complete all work on the treatment plants and receive the official laboratory reports.