Crimea Short of Water

[Zardnaar]

Russia continues to spread it's economic prosperity to its stolen/annexed land in Crimea.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/inside-crimeas-slow-burn-water-crisis/

Something tells me they didn't think this through. Apparently the economy is a shambles as well in Crimea.

Basically Ukraine supplied Crimea with water but they shut off utilities post "annexation".

No reputable company will help out either and with Russia itself having economic problems.......

 

[Zardnaar]

Derp.

The economy is a little bit bigger than Australia.

 

[El_Machinae]

Drought weaponized in the Ukraine?!? Say it ain't so!

Also, I really recommend any lecture by the author of Bloodlands

 

[FriendlyFire]

Every day I get up at six in the morning and spend thirty minutes running water into the bathtub, so that it is at least a bit transparent,

But this is normal for (many parts of) Russia ?

Before Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, 85% of its water was supplied via a canal that runs from the Ukrainian region of Kherson, directly to the north. Approximately 80% of water was used for agricultural needs, the remaining 20% was channelled to water reservoirs and used to supply the population. In 2014, Ukraine blocked the canal by building a dam, stopping water supplies to the peninsula.

Time for some more anschluss ?

 

[Zardnaar]

But this is normal for (many parts of) Russia ?



Time for some more anschluss ?

Russia is one of the countries with abundant water. Not the best water treatment?

My Baltika!!!

 

[red_elk]

There was problems with power supply in 2014-2015 for the same reason.
Ukraine wants to win hearts and minds of Crimean people by cutting off supply lines.
Water crisis is solvable by upgrading infrastructure and desalinization, it's not a rocket science.
Hopefully last year's drought will make our government to take action and begin resolving it.

 

[Zardnaar]

There was problems with power supply in 2014-2015 for the same reason.
Ukraine wants to win hearts and minds of Crimean people by cutting off supply lines.
Water crisis is solvable by upgrading infrastructure and desalinization, it's not a rocket science.
Hopefully last year's drought will make our government to take action and begin resolving it.

They've had 6 years to build that, haven't started.

 

[red_elk]

First 5 years there was no drought and no major problems with water.

 

[Zardnaar]

First 5 years there was no drought and no major problems with water.

When I was a kid we had a 7 year drought. Water shortages tend to be short term (if pipe breaks). Or if it gets contaminated some how.

 

[Kyriakos]

When I was a kid we had a 7 year drought. Water shortages tend to be short term (if pipe breaks). Or if it gets contaminated some how.

You were born in the long summer.

 

[red_elk]

When I was a kid we had a 7 year drought. Water shortages tend to be short term (if pipe breaks). Or if it gets contaminated some how.

Depends on a place where you live. I never had shortage of water in my life, even in early 90-s when everything else was in shortage.

 

[Zardnaar]

Depends on a place where you live. I never had shortage of water in my life, even in early 90-s when everything else was in shortage.

Russia has abundant water relative to most countries.

Plus for them with global warming.

I remember 1992 iirc they turned off all the light at school that weren't needed. Hydro lakes got really low.

 

[Birdjaguar]

There was problems with power supply in 2014-2015 for the same reason.
Ukraine wants to win hearts and minds of Crimean people by cutting off supply lines.
Water crisis is solvable by upgrading infrastructure and desalinization, it's not a rocket science.
Hopefully last year's drought will make our government to take action and begin resolving it.

Russia has littel experience with desalination and would have to rely on western tech. They burned many of those bridges when they invaded Crimea.

 

[red_elk]

Russia has littel experience with desalination and would have to rely on western tech. They burned many of those bridges when they invaded Crimea.

You are right, Ukraine and the West will try to stop Russia from providing Crimea people with fresh water and preventing ecological disaster.
That's the reality, the most modern and cutting-edge technologies for that may be unaccessible and foreign companies may face Western sanctions.

 

[Birdjaguar]

You are right, Ukraine and the West will try to stop Russia from providing Crimea people with fresh water and preventing ecological disaster.
That's the reality, the most modern and cutting-edge technologies for that may be unaccessible and foreign companies may face Western sanctions.

A legacy of Putin's reign of corruption.

 

[red_elk]

A legacy of Putin's reign of corruption.

Putins come and go, no sane Russian president will cede Crimea to Ukraine.
But people will remember who gave water to them and who did their best to try and turn the peninsula to wasteland.

 

[red_elk]

Russia is also notorious for lack of talented engineers and complete reliance on the West in advanced technologies

 

[Birdjaguar]

Putins come and go, no sane Russian president will cede Crimea to Ukraine.
But people will remember who gave water to them and who did their best to try and turn the peninsula to wasteland.

There is your problem right there. Should I add to it with: No sane Ukrainian will give water to a Russian Crimea?

 

[red_elk]

No sane Ukrainian will give water to a Russian Crimea?

As far as I know Zelensky considered that option to restore trust of Crimeans a bit, but was pressurized by nationalists to keep it closed.

 

[Birdjaguar]

As far as I know Zelensky considered that option to restore trust of Crimeans a bit, but was pressurized by nationalists to keep it closed.

Smart choice.