national security Council and defence of Ukraine (NSDC) reported on the likelihood of shortage of drinking water in the country and called for optimizing the use of water resources, the press service of the NSDC.
"According to the State Agency for water resources of Ukraine, the last five years have been shallow, and there is the likelihood of water scarcity in the basins of some rivers, which have a significant anthropogenic load", — stated in the message of the NSDC.
Secretary of the Board Alexey Danilov said about the necessity of optimizing the use of water resources and careful water use. He also noted the importance of conducting a complete inventory of underground waters of drinking quality and artesian wells for their involvement in the water supply.
According to the NSDC Secretary, the "strategic objective is ensuring water security of the state in the face of climate change".
due to the lack of snow in the winter and spring rains in the major rivers of Ukraine that is fixed by the lowest water level in the entire history of observations since 1885. For Informatii the Ukrainian hydrometeorological center, in connection with an atypical for Ukraine autumn-winter period, in the basins of all rivers of Ukraine has developed an extremely adverse meteorological conditions.
Ukrhydroenergo savelothat shall take all appropriate measures to maintain optimum level in the basins of the Dnieper and of the Dniester river and to provide water users, and in order for United energy system of Ukraine was not left without mobile and emergency power reserve.
