In the shallowed Ayan reservoir near Simferopol, the water level will be restored in the spring

The volume of water in the Ayan reservoir, which supplies settlements in the Dobrovskaya Valley of the Simferopol region and part of Simferopol, has decreased to 10% due to a prolonged lack of precipitation. Since October 28, a water supply schedule has been introduced in the villages of Zarechnoye, Dobroye and Pionerskoye, where more than 10 thousand people live. The state enterprise “Water of Crimea” used underground sources to supply water to these villages.

As of November 1, the actual filling of the Ayan reservoir is only 280 thousand cubic meters, which is no more than 7% of the full design volume and necessitated the introduction of a regime supply. This is due to low precipitation this year. Significant replenishment should be expected from the beginning of next year, when precipitation characteristic of the winter period begins,” Nikolenko noted.

The scientist also positively assesses the construction of two reservoirs to supply the urban districts of Yalta and Alushta on the southern coast of Crimea, where the filling of reservoirs has decreased due to a lack of precipitation. This situation has not happened since 1981.

A statistical analysis of the indicators of the actual filling of the natural flow reservoirs of the Crimean Peninsula showed that their total full design volume is underestimated by approximately 70 million cubic meters. Therefore, the construction and commissioning of new natural flow reservoirs is an important condition for ensuring sustainable water supply to the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopolhe thinks.

The head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, announced on October 24 that he had requested funds from the federal authorities for the construction of two reservoirs in the region to provide Alushta with 8.5 million cubic meters of water, and Yalta with 5.5 million cubic meters. The Russian government has previously approved projects with a total value of 22 billion rubles.

Water supply of Crimea

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.

source: TASS