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Earlier on Thursday evening, Kievvodokanal reported a decrease in water pressure in a number of areas of the Ukrainian capital and the disconnection of some houses from water supply amid power outages in Kyiv.
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Due to problems with power supply, the operation of Kyiv's sewer networks has been disrupted.
"Kievvodokanal" has temporarily stopped receiving wastewater into the city's sewer networks, in particular from the territory of the Borshchagovskaya community.
MOSCOW, October 8 - RIA Novosti. The work of Kyiv's sewer networks has been disrupted due to problems with power supply, said the acting head of the village of Sofievskaya Borshchagovka, adjacent to Kyiv from the north.
Earlier on Thursday evening, Kievvodokanal reported a decrease in water pressure in a number of areas of the Ukrainian capital and the disconnection of some houses from water supply amid power outages in Kyiv.
“Due to the shutdown of power supply to the Kievvodokanal facilities, the intake of wastewater into the sewer networks of the city of Kyiv, in particular from the territory of the Borshchagovskaya community, has been temporarily stopped,” says a message published on the official’s Telegram channel.
As the official clarified, the timing of the resumption of work of the sewer systems is unknown.
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