{"id":612700,"date":"2026-09-07T21:50:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T18:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/09\/612700\/a-thousand-fewer-leaks-mykolaivvodokanal-reports-results-for-the-six-month-period\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T21:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T18:50:37","slug":"a-thousand-fewer-leaks-mykolaivvodokanal-reports-results-for-the-six-month-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/09\/612700\/a-thousand-fewer-leaks-mykolaivvodokanal-reports-results-for-the-six-month-period\/","title":{"rendered":"A thousand fewer leaks: \"Mykolaivvodokanal\" reports results for the six-month period"},"content":{"rendered":"

At “Mykolaivvodokanal” <\/strong>they reported a significant reduction in water losses in the city networks. If in January 2026 <\/strong>the indicator reached 44%, <\/strong>then in July it fell to 34.7%. <\/strong>According to the head of the enterprise, the measures taken have already produced savings of over UAH 5 million. <\/strong>The results of the enterprise’s work were described on September 7<\/strong>, 2026 during an administrative meeting by the director of MKP \u00abMykolaivvodokanal\u00bb Hennadiy Izyumov<\/strong>. The Mykolaiv City Council confirmed the report and the main directions of the enterprise’s work.<\/p>\n

For comparison, according to the results of 2025 the water losses amounted to almost 40%<\/strong>. At the beginning of 2026 the situation even worsened: in January the indicator rose to 44%<\/strong>. However, it then began to decrease \u2014 to 36% in June and 34.7% in July<\/strong>. Thus, compared with January the share of lost water fell by 9.3 percentage points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

According to Hennadiy Izyumov,<\/strong> each percentage point of losses costs the enterprise about one million hryvnias<\/strong>. He said that thanks to work to reduce losses since the beginning of the year it was possible to achieve an economic effect of more than UAH 5 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Even more noticeable was the change in the network accident statistics. For the same period last year 1,648 leaks<\/strong> were recorded, whereas in 2026 \u2014 640<\/strong>. That is, their number has decreased by more than 2.5 times<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The city council notes that since May the water utility began scheduled network replacements<\/strong>, purchased new tools for emergency crews and returned compact excavators to service that had been idle for two years. Pipe relining is also being used, which allows repairs without large-scale street excavations. Separately, the enterprise started accounting for vehicles that deliver sewage to the Varvarivka sewage treatment facilities<\/strong>. In May cameras with automatic license plate recognition were installed there.<\/p>\n

According to the director, after the system was installed in the second quarter of 2026 the number of recorded tickets for wastewater acceptance increased by 145, or by 60% compared with the same period in 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They also tightened fuel control. After installing fuel level sensors and fully launching the monitoring system, the enterprise, according to the director, saved 40,393 liters<\/strong> in three months. The city council also reports strengthened internal control over the use of fuel, equipment and material resources.<\/p>\n

At the same time the water utility continues to upgrade the water supply infrastructure. The city council officially also reports more than 40 projects<\/strong> that are at the stages of implementation, design or tendering, and the enterprise’s cooperation with more than ten international donors and institutions.<\/p>\n

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