Donbas residents complain about the quality of water – KIIS

Water supply system remains a problem in Donbas. This is evidenced by the updated Humanitarian map of current situation and needs in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

17% of residents in the region complain about the quality of water. 81% are forced to make additional water purification, where: 63% boil water, 18% apply purchased filters and 11% settle water. 

Water supply is not restored in more than 30% of towns. Such towns as Stakhanov in Luhansk region, Donetsk and Komsomolske in Donetsk region are mostly using bottled water. Delivered water from tanker trucks is mostly used in Alchevsk, Novotoshkivske and Pervomaisk in Luhansk region.

"The most difficult situation with the quality of water is observed in Stanytsia Luhanska, Svitlodarsk, Snizhne, Kirovske, Ilovaisk, Yenakiieve, Avdiivka and Alchevsk", – Daryna Pyrogova, research scientist at KIIS, specifies.

Note: The updated Humanitarian map of Donbas was presented on September 24, 2015. The map was based on KIIS research, conducted by order of Rinat Akhmetov Humanitarian Center and Dopomozhemo TV during September 2-11, 2015. 2,100 respondents older than 18 were polled through telephone and computer interviewing - CATI. Residents of 30 most distressed towns of Donetsk and Luhansk regions participated in the surveying.