The destruction of the spillway dam continues, the company “Ukrhydroenergo” noted.
The water level in the Kakhovsky Reservoir continues to decrease and fell by 2.5 meters in a day, 1,852 houses were flooded on the right bank of the Kherson region.
This is reported by the state company “Ukrhydroenergo”. It is noted that the level of the reservoir in the Nikopol region at 10:00 a.m. on June 7 is 14.41 m. According to the company, the water level in the Kakhovsky reservoir fell by almost 2.5 m during the day.
In addition, the destruction of the spillway dam, the earth insert between the station building and the lock, continues.
“During the night, no extraordinary events were recorded, the intensity of flooding is decreasing, however, due to the significant destruction of the dam, water will still arrive,” the message reads.
1,457 people were evacuated, 1,286 from the Korabel microdistrict. The Belozersk community also began to be flooded that night. Currently, almost 800 people and more than 170 units of emergency services have been involved in dealing with the consequences.
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“Chemical substances dangerous to health, as well as pathogens of infectious diseases from cemeteries, latrines, and landfills may end up in wells and open water bodies in the territory flooded as a result of Russians undermining the Kakhovskaya HPP,” the company’s press service warned.
The undermining of the Kakhovskaya dam is worth knowing today
As UNIAN reported, on the night of June 6 Russian occupiers blew up one of the largest hydraulic structures in Europe – the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region. This led to a large-scale uncontrolled spill of water from the Kakhovsky Reservoir.
The undermining of the dam threatens Ukraine with an ecological disaster and a shortage of drinking water in part of the southern regions, including the temporarily occupied Crimea, since it is from the Kakhovsky Reservoir that the Kakhovsky Canal, the North Crimean Canal and the Dnipro-Kryvyi Rih Canal begin.
As a result of detonation of the engine room from the inside, the Kakhovskaya HPP was completely destroyed. Station cannot be restored.
According to the Ministry of Economy, the cost of building a new hydroelectric power station can be about 1 billion dollars. It is not only about installing new hydraulic units, but also about restoring the integrity of the huge dam.