In Crimea, according to the national project, they intend to build two reservoirs to supply Yalta and Alushta

Currently, the formation of the United Federal Water Project “Water of Russia” is underway with a planning horizon for 2025-2030 within the framework of the national project “Ecology”. For financial support, in 2024, in accordance with the established procedure, proposals were made to the Federal Agency for Water Resources to include in the new national project a number of measures for the design and construction of the Solnechnogorsk and Martov reservoirs to improve the water supply of Big Alushta and Big Yalta, respectively.says the response to the request, signed by Roman Zakharov, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Water Resources.

In May 2014, Ukraine cut off the water flowing to Crimea from the Kherson region through a canal that provided 90% of the peninsula’s needs.

In 2020, the water supply situation in Crimea became critical due to drought; it was resolved in the summer of 2021, when there were heavy rains. To improve the water supply of the southern coast of Crimea, they planned to use a seawater desalination plant, but the project was abandoned due to the high cost.

In July, the head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, appeared on the Rossiya-24 TV channel. reportedthat the regional authorities plan to build two more reservoirs to supply Alushta and Yalta with a volume of 8 million cubic meters. m and 15 million cubic meters. m respectively. The source of funding has not been determined.

source: TASS