WASH Cluster Alert Bulletin 14-31 August 2016 Issue 1

WASH Cluster Coordinator WASH News (see map) Mark Buttle 1. In late August 2016, Do- [email protected] netsk and Verkne- WASH Cluster IMO Kalmiuska water treatment plants (WTPs), two Voda Volodymyr Kalinin Donbasa WTPs, were just missed by shelling. Staff of [email protected] Donetsk WTP put out fires near the reagent building and luckily staff were not injured. Equipment is still Key facts operating and water is supplied to customers as normal: Donetsk and Ver- 950, 000 people had limited hne-Kalmiuska WTPs supply access to the safe drinking treated water to over 1 water for the last two weeks million people. of August 2016. 2. Stanychno-Luhanskyi rayon, in oblast GCA, Area around Donetsk WTP experienced water shortag- was shelled at least 7 times es from 27th August 2016 since the beginning 2016. to 1st September 2016, as powerlines in the grey zone “Carbonit system” cities were damaged by shelling. (NGCA: Stakhanov, Brianka, Stanytsa Luhanska town Pervomaisk, etc.) have need- and Valuyskyi village were the most affected settle- ed water trucking since sum- ments, but the total num- mer 2014. ber of affected people was Issues to highlight around 12, 000. In Stanytsa Luhanska the local water  Financial and legal ar- distribution company used rangements for deliver- generators to pump water ing services. to multistorey buildings and people regained tem-  Access to areas for re- porary access to water pairs. several hours per day. Six schools, six kindergartens,  Decrepit water systems 3. Krasnoarmiiska WTP was cut off from the electricity supplies, by a lightning strike, on 25th the central rayon hospital August 2016. As a result water supply was stopped to 36 settlements, affecting 287, 000 peo- and nursing home were  Risk of damage through ple, from GCA side. The emergency team of DTEK (SCM-owned electriciy) repaired damaged also assisted by the authori- shelling. powerlines, however it took over two days. All settlements, which receive water from Kras- ties. People with private noarmiiska WTP, have their own water reservoirs, nevertheless the incident highlights the houses used wells vulnerability of infrastructure in the area. Water supply was restored on 27th August. (however water quality was an issue). NRC and PIN 4. Near Sloviansk city leakage of water due to pipes aging caused water stoppages to 360,000 WASH Alerts since 2016 offered support in need in people on 30th August. Water supply was restored on 31st August by Voda Donbasa. case of continuous water Water shortages 25 5. Several big cities from Luhansk NGCA side (Stakhanov, , Pervomaisk, Brianka and shortages. However this partially ), served by the “Carbonit system” have experienced chronic water supply incident highlights the issue Water quality issue 2 issues since 2014, where 300, 000 people experience regular problems. The main cause is a lack of access to damaged infra- of agreed, formalized funding mechanism between water supply companies: Popasnyanskyi structure: a straightforward Access to sanitation 2 vodocanal (GCA) and Luhanskvoda (NGCA). This impacts on the financial status and conse- repair took days due to lack quently affects all operations of both companies. This is already causing decreased quantity of access to the area. Environmental damage 1 and quality of water on both sides of the contact line, increasing the risks of water-related diseases to people already affected by the crisis.