Water shortage: in Simferopol, water is being pumped from underground wells

Against the backdrop of decreasing inflows to the reservoirs, that feed the occupied Simferopol and Simferopol district, water is also supplied to the region began to be supplied from underground wells in the amount of 40 thousand cubic meters per day, which is one third of the total required volume

This was reported on the air of the the Russian occupiers radio "Sputnik in Crimea" told "Director of the research and production company "Water Technologies" Anatoly Kopachevsky and "Head of the Department of Chemical technologies of water use of the Institute of Biochemical Technologies, Ecology and ilya Nikolenko, Head of the Department of Chemical Technologies of Water Use at the Institute of Biological Technologies, Ecology and Pharmacy of the Crimean Federal University

According to Kopachevsky, the transition of Crimea to the water shortage period is clearly visible when analyzing the situation on specific reservoirs of natural flow. As an example, he cited three reservoirs that that feed Simferopol and Simferopol district, and shared data on inflows to them in March

"The Ayan reservoir received 570 thousand cubic meters, while the average long-term value is 2 million. To The Simferopol reservoir received 1 million 434 thousand cubic meters, the average long-term value is 6.6 million cubic meters. Partizanske received 369 thousand cubic meters, while the average long-term with a long-term average of 6.2 million. According to the calculated forecasts, it can be expected that the water in the Ayanskoye reservoir will be enough for 5 months, Partizanskoye - for 7-8 months, and in Simferopol - for 14-18 months. That is, there are no concerns about the Simferopol reservoir, there are no fears - it will be enough for this year," Kopachevsky said Kopachevsky said

At the same time, he added that the situation makes it necessary to use water not only from the reservoirs of Simferopol and its surroundings water not only from reservoirs, where it should be accumulated, but also from wells.

According to Ilya Nikolenko, currently Simferopol consumes simferopol consumes 120-130 cubic meters of water per day, but this is allegedly significantly less than 5 years ago. The "expert" explains this regulation of indicators "repair and renovation of pipelines", which, according to the occupation "officials", are currently in a catastrophic state

"Losses have decreased, and consumption has decreased by 15-20%. With the current reserves and taking into account the existing experience water savings in Crimea will be enough for a year, even if there are no inflows, and there will be," Nikolenko assured

At the same time, the "experts" noted that we are talking purely about water for household needs; in agriculture the situation is incomparably more critical.