Settlements have been left without water supply. People are collecting rainwater and waiting for assistance.
The Kakhovka reservoir is rapidly losing water in Dnipropetrovsk region. Nikopol and partially Kryvyi Rih districts are left without water supply, and drinking water is being delivered to the residents. People have to collect rainwater to withstand the ordeal of drought.
This is stated in the story by TSN.
Residents of Nikopol stand in queues for water with cans, buckets and bottles. Someone arrived on a bicycle. Mrs. Lyudmila - with a wheelbarrow. Mrs. Halyna, who is eighty-six years old, barely came with a bucket. There has been no water in Nikopol since Saturday. It is now impossible to take it from the Kakhov reservoir.
The water level in the reservoir has dropped to nine meters. These are the latest data from "Ukrhydroenergo". The water continues to rapidly flow away. The current is very strong, and large islands that were here before the Kakhovka reservoir appeared, are already visible.
People, despite the danger of shelling and the risks from unexploded ordnance, are digging on the bottom of the reservoir. Against warnings, they are searching for treasures hidden by the water.
The water has completely disappeared in Kamianka. Vessels have ended up on dry land. The entire section with the railway track has been washed away due to shallowing. Suburban train services have been canceled. Railway workers are repairing the tracks, and passengers are being transported by buses.
"Eight palliative patients were initially transported to hospitals in Dnipro and Pavlohrad. And today, those who require hemodialysis procedures will be brought in," said Serhiy Lysak, the Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration.
Municipal workers closely monitor the water level of the Kakhovka reservoir. They hope to restore water supply, but no specific timeline is mentioned.
"It will all depend on the level at which the water remains. If the level reaches the bed of the Dnipro River, then such a possibility will exist," said Oleksandr Sayuk, the Mayor of Nikopol.
In the Nikopol district, there are already over fifty water distribution points, and in some places, there are long queues.
In total, ten tankers, each carrying 70 tons of water, have been delivered to the district that was left without water. Additionally, around twenty fire trucks and fifty water trucks are distributing water.
The rains have come to the aid of the residents.
People are placing buckets in their yards and positioning containers under drainpipes.
The umbrellas in windows, from which water flows into pots, buckets attached to balconies and various homemade systems - are all the local know-how.
Fifty thousand residents, half of the city's population before the invasion, are staying in Nikopol and trying to hold on.
"I collected rainwater to flush the toilet. The main thing is for there to be victory. It's not a problem," the local resident Olena Balitska said.
The local authorities are preparing to drill wells and build a new water supply. People try not to despair. In the dehydrated city, schoolchildren celebrated their graduation under a downpour right next to a water point.
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