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Water conflicts and Ukraine: Donbas region
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 15th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment, Nov 2021, Volume 2021, p.1 - 5
Abstract
Summary
Water (or water system) can be a trigger, weapon, or casualty of conflict. In Ukraine, water conflicts occur during the war in the Donbas. The purpose of the study is assess the impact of the war in the Donbas on the number of water conflicts, their types and how they affect the state of water supply to the population in the region during 2014–2020. Due to the fighting in the Donbass, 12 significant damages occurred on the water supply systems, when the water supply to 400 thousand people was suspended. Taking into account minor incidents, dozens of damages occur per year, for example, in 2018 there were 89. Water systems in the Donbass suffering from hostilities, according to the classification of water conflicts of the Pacific Institute, are of the “casualty” type. Unfortunately, the victims are water workers, 9 dead and 26 injured. During the shutdown of water pipelines due to incidents, the quality of the water that people has to use deteriorates (in terms of mineralization, water hardness, sulfates).
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