Russia is using a dam it controls to release water from Ukraine's massive Kakhovka Reservoir. It's just one of dozens of cases where the war is limiting access to safe water.
Aquatic plants and debris are exposed by the falling water levels at the Kakhovka Reservoir. Researchers say that the draining of the reservoir by Russian forces are but one example of the war's effect on Ukraine's water supply.Dmytro Smoliyenko / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty
But this spring, water levels at Kakhovka remain far below normal. The cause is a Russian-controlled hydroelectric power plant at the lower end of the reservoir. Since November, sluice gates at the plant have been left open, and water levels at Kakhovka have plunged to lows not seen in decades.The reservoir is critical to southern Ukraine. It supplies water for villages and towns in the region and irrigates around half-a-million acres of farmland that's used to grow grains and vegetables.
A local resident fills buckets and bottles with water from a water truck on March 20, 2023 in Konstantinivka, Ukraine. The UN says millions of Ukrainians have lost access to clean water.A local resident fills buckets and bottles with water from a water truck on March 20, 2023 in Konstantinivka, Ukraine. The UN says millions of Ukrainians have lost access to clean water.In the southern city of Mykolaiv, residents lost water last year after fighting severed a crucial pipeline.
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