A new source of water supply for Crimea was literally under our noses
Deposits of fresh water have been discovered under the Sea of Azov, which can be used for the needs of Crimea.
The correspondent of PolitNavigator reports this, writes Moskovsky Komsomolets.
“The problem with water supply in Crimea is pushing regional authorities to search for more and more new solutions. Some of them are quite ambitious: for example, extending a water pipeline from the mainland through the Kerch Strait. Very expensive projects are also being considered - the construction of a desalination station. It turned out that a new source of water supply was literally under our noses. This is the Sea of Azov, under which fresh water deposits were found,” the article says.
It is noted that exploration work that began in March recently confirmed the presence of fresh water deposits in the paleochannel of the Don River, but what quality it is and whether it can be extracted will become clear only by June.
“Of course, we need to wait for the results of all the studies, but I am very pleased with this information. The more potential water sources we have, the more likely it is that we will find a combination of different measures that will help solve this problem.
Underwater drilling is a well-known thing; oil is also extracted from the ocean floor. In addition, we have domestic equipment for this. The issue requires serious study and exploration, but the very fact that this opportunity has appeared is already a positive factor,” said Alexander Smirnov, scientific director of the laboratory for deep water purification, commenting on the new data.
In turn, Mikhail Bolgov, head of the surface water modeling laboratory at the Institute of Water Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, points out potential problems.
“Technically it is possible. It all depends on how this groundwater is fed and how these so-called freshwater lenses are formed. The question is whether they can be mined. You can drill a well right at the bottom of the Azov Sea and even extract good quality groundwater from there, but what will happen to it later and whether the extraction will cost us dearly is the question,” says Bolgov.
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