New accident on water supply system near Lviv: 50,000 residents without water for three days – photos, video

Residents of 13 villages and several districts of Lviv have been without centralized water supply for three days. On Saturday, October 25, a new breakthrough occurred in the main water supply system, reported first Deputy Mayor of Lviv Andriy Moskalenko.

"The water pressure dropped sharply while filling the city's water supply system. As it turned out, the cause was a new leak in the main water supply system near the village of Domazhyr – on the other side of the river from the place where the previous accident was repaired yesterday," Moskalenko wrote on Facebook.

In Lvivvodokanal clarified reported that the pressure at pumping stations dropped on the afternoon of October 25 due to the third consecutive water supply system failure.

"We have to admit it: Lvivvodokanal has faced the biggest challenge to the city's water supply system in decades," the company said.

Part of Lviv and the annexed communities remained without water supply on October 23 due to an accident on the main water supply system in Domazhyr village. Water delivery and bottling points were organized for residents.

on October 24, Lvivvodokanal crews completed the main works in the village of Domazhyr and have already started filling the system with water. However, during this process a new accidental damage has occurred a 600 mm diameter water main near the village of Kozhychi.

Water supply was scheduled to be restored by 24:00 on October 24. On Saturday morning, Lvivvodokanal reported he said that water supply will be restored by 15:00, as it takes about seven to eight hours for water with the proper pressure to reach all consumers.

No timeframe for resuming water supply has been announced.

As of at 18:30 on Saturday about 50,000 Lviv residents are without water. These are residents of Ryasne-1, Ryasne-2, part of Levandivka, and part of Zaliznychnyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts, the deputy mayor said.

According to Moskalenko, the cause of the gusts is old pipes. About UAH 10 billion is needed to replace them.

"We don't have that kind of money at once, so in fact, about 30 kilometers have been replaced this year," he said.

As soon as the water utility services get to the site of the accident, the city council can announce the approximate timeframe for restoring water supply, Moskalenko said.

So far, it has been decided to increase the number of water trucks in the city.

• In October, Lviv began intensifying preparations for possible blackouts. In particular, they checked readiness of public utilities for work in the absence of water supply.