Residents in Ukraine’s Hrushivka village are facing an acute water crisis after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. The massive reservoir provided water to the wider population, as well as to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
As the vast reservoir has lost around three-quarters of its volume since the destruction of the Kakhovka dam last week, she is now using glass jars to catch rainwater.
Water taps were turned off for many of the village's residents last week. Those who had water storage pools rushed to fill them up. Before the dam was built in 1956, Tarasevych was resettled from a nearby village that was fully submerged by the reservoir. After being under water for decades, the land where the village stood has now just resurfaced due to the receding water.
Environment Minister Ruslan Strilets said Ukraine had already lost about 18 cubic kilometres of the water since the dam's destruction unleashed catastrophic flooding in the southwest. The measures included sending water purifiers, water carrying vehicles, setting up specialised centres to distribute bottled water and also to construct a new pipeline that can pump 300,000 cubic meters of water per day.
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