Drought in occupied Crimea: the Ayan Reservoir is almost dry

Глянько Катерина
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18:30, 05 December
Drought in occupied Crimea: the Ayan Reservoir is almost dry
Image source: Twitter/ @KrimRt

One of the main reservoirs of occupied Crimea - Ayan  - has almost dried up.

RoksolanaToday & KrymUA reported this on Twitter on December 4.

"According to the State Committee for water management, only 2,000 cubic meters of water per day come here. 22,000 are spent", -the statement said.

At the same time, the occupiers previously reported that with a projected volume of 3.9 million, only 300,000 cubic meters of water remained in the Ayan Reservoir. 

The water intake from the Ayansk reservoir for the needs of Simferopol has stopped.


Ayan Reservoir before. Source: Wikipedia / Ayan Reservoir

What is known

  • In occupied Crimea, the drying area of ​​reservoirs is currently 45%, and the area of ​​natural lakes has decreased a little less - by a quarter. Experts call the causes of desiccation not only the climatic factor - militarization, resettlement of Russians on the peninsula and irrational use of water have negatively affected the water resources of occupied Crimea.
  • The occupiers turned the Chornorechensky Reservoir into a landfill.