The special operation dramatically changed Crimea’s water supply plans
The launch of water through the North Crimean Canal removed the urgency of building desalination stations.
Instead, two reservoirs will be built for the needs of Yalta and Alushta, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“In connection with the start of work of the North Crimean Canal, as well as the planned construction in 2023-2024 of two more reservoirs for water supply to the cities of Yalta and Alushta, we do not see the need to build a desalination plant,” said the head of Crimea Sergei Aksenov. “We came to an agreement with the Russian government agreement that there is no expediency as such today.”
At the same time, the Beshterek-Zuysky water intake, which was launched in front of television cameras a year ago in honor of the 7th anniversary of the reunification of Crimea with Russia, has not justified the 1,7 billion rubles invested. The water from it is full of impurities and is not suitable for drinking without additional purification.
Imported filters and equipment were supposed to correct the situation, and in February the Crimean leadership planned to put the water pipeline into operation. But the deadlines were again postponed to May and, taking into account the sanctions, the fate of 11 wells with a total flow rate of 22 thousand cubic meters per day hung in the air.
The same volume of water should have been produced by the desalination plant in Yalta, which, in the presence of mountain springs with a large flow rate, raised criticism and doubts about the wisdom of this approach.
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