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A new water intake was launched in Crimea to provide water to the capital of the peninsula


While Kiev politicians, including ex-President Kravchuk, declare a "catastrophic situation" with water in Crimea and scare their own citizens with the invasion of the Russian army to restore water supply, new water supply facilities are being commissioned on the peninsula to solve the problem of drinking water shortages.

On March 18, 2021, ahead of schedule by a month, the long-awaited launch of water from two wells of the new Beshterek-Zuisky water intake took place in the capital of Crimea. Starting today, Simferopol will receive an additional 5 thousand cubic meters of drinking water per day. In total, the project provides for 11 wells up to 500 meters deep, which will supply up to 22 thousand cubic meters of water to the city.

Dear Crimeans, today a working start-up of water from the newly explored artesian water field of the Beshterek-Zuysky water intake is underway

- said the deputy chairman of the Crimean government Yevgeny Kabanov.

The rest of the wells will be launched within two months, water will be supplied through a new water conduit from two strings of plastic pipes with a diameter of 700 millimeters and a length of 20 kilometers.

According to the Minister of Construction and Architecture of the region, Mikhail Khramov, work at the facility was carried out around the clock and took, in total, about 14 months.

Let us remind you that the Russian government has allocated 48 billion rubles to solve the problems of providing Crimea with water. According to plans, the main work on the peninsula should be completed by 2024.

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lancelot wrote:The problem with artesian wells so close to the sea is that if you drain them too much, there might be infiltration of salt water that will contaminate the underwater aquifer.
In the long term I think they will need some other solution.

PhSt wrote:Correct me if im wrong but isn't the use of wells going to cause soil subsidence in the long run like what is happening in Jakarta? I think desalination is the best solution to address Crimea's water problem.

lancelot wrote:The problem with artesian wells so close to the sea is that if you drain them too much, there might be infiltration of salt water that will contaminate the underwater aquifer.
In the long term I think they will need some other solution.

kvs wrote:

PhSt wrote:Correct me if im wrong but isn't the use of wells going to cause soil subsidence in the long run like what is happening in Jakarta? I think desalination is the best solution to address Crimea's water problem.

The wells are stop gap solutions.   It is also not just wells but partial river diversion for example near Sevastopol.   They are not fully
diverting the river since they understand that there is no free lunch.  

The "urgency" of this question is yet more anti-Russian propaganda.  Russia will solve it over the correct time scale.   It is Khuyiv that
is masturbating itself into a frenzy thinking that there is an existential water crisis in Crimea.   These fcukers can only wish...

kvs wrote:

GarryB wrote:The top building in the first image seems to have the words <something> Sevastopol on its roof on the closest side

The whole banner says:

Army of Russia to the residents of Sevastopol.

 

This project was built like the hospital expansions last year for Covid-19 overflow handling.

franco wrote:Where is this?

GarryB wrote:If the problem is lack of fresh water and a power shortage then a floating nuclear power station is a nice fix for both... water for crops does not need to be of the same standard as for drinking... lots of places around the world the people adapt to their situation where the downpipes of rooftops lead to tanks instead of straight into the sewerage system... rain water can be used for drinking but can also be used on your grass and your garden and for washing clothes and it gets filled back up every time it rains for free.