In Kharkiv, after the Russian attack on the oil depot, oil products were found in the drinking water
In Kharkiv, after the Russian strike on February 9 on an oil depot in the Nemyshlyan district, oil products were found in drinking water from two columns.
This was reported by the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in the Kharkiv region: “According to the results of the protocols of laboratory studies of drinking water from water extraction columns at the addresses: prov. Kotelnyi, 21/31 and st. Yaseneva, 29/20, conducted by the Kharkivvodokanal Communal Enterprise on February 26, the presence of petroleum products in drinking water was established. Water supply from water extraction columns at these addresses has been suspended in connection with the implementation of measures to eliminate the presence of petroleum products.”
The State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection recommended the Administration of the Nemyshlyansky district to organize the delivery of drinking water of guaranteed quality to the population at the specified addresses and to ensure the arrangement of information tables on the prohibition of the use of water of non-guaranteed quality in the territory of the springs “Petrenka-1”, “Petrenka-2” “, “Petrenki-3” and an underground spring opposite building No. 7 on the street. New project.
The work of special commissions, which inspect facilities of centralized and non-centralized water supply, located in the zone of potential influence of pollution of surface water bodies, continues. Inspections will be held in the Kyiv and Saltiv districts of Kharkiv and the Bezlyudiv and Vysochan territorial communities.
It is noted that the banks of the Kharkiv, Lopan, and Udy rivers are polluted with fuel and lubricants, and in some places the smell of petroleum products is present. The surface of the river water is polluted and has the appearance of an oily film.
On the territory of the Osnovyansk district, in the zone affected by pollution, 6 mine wells, which are used by the population for technical needs, were examined, but there are no information signs near the wells regarding the prohibition of using water for drinking purposes.
Late in the evening of February 9, Russian troops attacked Kharkiv with “Shakheds”, hitting an oil depot in the Nemyshlyansky district. As a result of the impact, fuel spilled and a fire broke out, the fire spread to a private building on the street. Boiler room 15 houses burned down, seven people died: the family of the prosecutor Olga Putyatina (herself, her husband and three sons) and the couple of retired Manoils.
Firefighters extinguished the fire at the oil depot for almost 60 hours: the State Emergency Service reported on February 12 that it was finally extinguished.
One injured person remains in the hospital with significant burns.
According to the regional prosecutor’s office, at the time of the impact, there were approximately 3.8 thousand tons of petroleum products – gasoline and diesel fuel – in the tanks. Fuel got to the Nemyshlia River, which flows through the territory of Kharkiv, and from it to the Kharkiv, Lopan and Udy rivers. To eliminate the consequences of pollution, equipment and sorbents that absorb and neutralize the effect of oil products were delivered to Kharkiv region. The regional military administration assures that the fuel did not reach Siversky Dinets. The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources estimated the damage to the environment as a result of the attack on the oil depot at more than 30 million hryvnias. The approximate area of the contaminated water surface is 780,000 square meters.
According to ecoactivist Artem Pryhodko, animals are already dying due to pollution.