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Abnormal heat and widespread drought have covered Europe: the water level in the continent’s largest arteries has fallen to critical marks.
Germany and neighboring countries have already announced a possible full stoppage or strict restrictions on navigation due to the drying up of rivers. But while in Europe the cause is a global climate shock, in Ukraine one of the cleanest rivers — Syniuha — is being deliberately driven toward an ecological and energy catastrophe.
Materials about the river show that natural erosion is being aggravated by uncontrolled human impact. The combination of natural drought and large-scale water withdrawals for agro-business needs (in particular the irrigation project of LLC “Urochysche Zhuravske” of the Movchan family) is already leading to catastrophic “siltation” of the water body.
What this threatens Syniusa with in the coming weeks:
siltation and decay: With falling water levels and lack of normal flow, the bottom is covered with a thick layer of silt. Under the hot sun, the decomposition of organic matter and water bloom begin.
mass fish kill: Suffocation and water anoxia will inevitably lead to mass fish deaths, turning the river into a zone of ecological disaster.
threat to the HPPs and the energy system: The drop in water levels in three reservoirs (Novoa rhangelsky, Ternivsky, and Chervonohutirsky) jeopardizes the operation of small HPPs of LLC “Hydroenergoinvest,” which threatens the Kirovohrad region with an additional energy collapse.
While European countries search for crisis solutions to save the water infrastructure, the Ukrainian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources is effectively inactive and allows the river’s destruction. Instead of implementing strict water withdrawal limits during low-water periods, officials are redirecting requests between agencies, and Syniukha is slowly turning into a stinking bog.
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