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⚖️ ❌The Supreme Court annulled the permit for sand extraction in the sanitary zone of the Teteriv River in Zhytomyr, which provides drinking water to more than 250 thousand people
In 2023 the State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine sold at auction a special permit that allowed sand extraction for 20 years on a plot of 28 hectares. This concerns the Vidsichne reservoir — the main source of drinking water for Zhytomyr and surrounding areas.
Exploiting the deposit could have led to the shallowing and pollution of the water body, deterioration of water quality, and interruptions to water supply for more than 250 thousand residents.
That same year the Zhytomyr District Prosecutor’s Office appealed the legality of granting the special permit. Courts declared the auction results, the purchase-sale agreement, and the permit to use the subsoil invalid.
On 5 October 2026 the Supreme Court dismissed the defendants’ cassation appeals, confirming the illegality of granting the permit.
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