The high wear of the Crimean Water networks is explained by the inaction of the Ukrainian authorities

The existing water supply system in the Republic of Crimea was designed, and then built in the last century. Over a long period of operation and lack of sufficient financing, it has undergone significant wear. However, with the return of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation, the Government of the region and the Russian government, great attention is paid to the problems of water supply of the peninsula. Due to the fact that the active development of communal infrastructure was carried out in the 1960-1980s, the wear of networks and structures is currently, on average, from 40 to 95%— said in the enterprise.

In Soviet times, to lay water networks, as a rule, was used pipes of steel and cast iron with a depreciation period of 20 and 50 years, respectively. Thus, the high level of physical wear of operated networks is associated with the excess of the normative life of their operation, explained in the “water of the Crimea”. Now, when laying new pipelines, pipes made of polymer materials with a longer service life are used.

In 2025, on the balance sheet and in the economic management of the State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Crimea “Water of the Crimea” there are more than 8.8 thousand km of water supply networks. The company continues to accept annually on the right of economic maintenance and water supply and sanitation facilities, which are in unsatisfactory technical condition. In 2024, more than 477 km of water supply networks were adopted for the balance and economic maintenance of the State Unitary Enterprise, most of which are in unsatisfactory condition.