Ukraine: Major damage to water and sanitation infrastructure – help urgently needed!
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam and the flooding along the Dnipro River has done great damage to the water and wastewater infrastructure as images provided by our partners from Kherson show. Damage is worsening by the hour and increases the stress on the already strained population of Kherson region in Ukraine. Water supply and […]
First delivery to Ukraine
This week, the first transport with urgently needed material started to our partners in Ukraine. Among them was a camera truck for the inspection of damaged sewers as well as laboratory equipment, which was brought on its way to Sumy. For our colleagues in Chernihiv, three drinking water pumps as well as suitable piping and […]
Ukrvodokanalecology: Water supply companies during the war
The document describes how the war affected the drinking water supply in the Ukraine. The infrastructure destroyed due to the fighting and the defeat of Russian missiles, the increased load on the regions that accepted the most displaced people — this is just the tip of the iceberg, which poses a huge threat to one […]
Ukraine-Hilfe Wasserwirtschaft: Erneuter gemeinsamer Spendenaufruf
Ein Jahr Angriffskrieg in der Ukraine hat viel Zerstörung hinterlassen. Dabei leidet die Bevölkerung besonders unter den Angriffen auf die Infrastruktur der Daseinsvorsorge. Denn ohne funktionierende Anlagen der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft stehen die Menschen in der Ukraine vor einer humanitären Katastrophe. Die Verbände der deutschen Wasserwirtschaft haben sich daher von Anfang an gemeinsam organisiert, um der ukrainischen […]
Berlin water utility donates seven vehicles to Ukraine
The ‘Berliner Wasserbetriebe‘ water utility is donating seven vehicles to the Ukrainian wastewater operator ‘Lvivodokanal‘. Together with Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Svenja Schulze, and the Vice President of the Association of Municipal Enterprises, Karsten Specht, the company handed over the vehicles today. To maintain wastewater disposal in Ukraine, the Berlin water utility is donating […]
Intercultural awareness training for Ukrainian-German solidarity partnerships
Why learn about intercultural differences between Ukrainians and Germans? Because they matter! For successful partnerships it is useful to understand underlying values and norms of your counterparts. This is why the utility platform offered for German and Ukrainian colleagues involved in solidarity water utility partnerships this crash course on intercultural awareness on 9 and 10 […]
Equipment and expertise for reconstruction
After forging initial contacts in June 2022 at the leading Munich-based Trade Fair for Environmental Technologies, IFAT, and following an initial visit by a delegation of Ukrainian counterparts to Germany, the solidarity-based utility partnership is continuing to gain momentum. OOWV’s Tammo Janßen, alongside his partner colleagues from Chernihivvodokanal and Miskvodokanal in Sumy, presented the current status of […]
Aid supplies on their way to Ukraine
Following months of close cooperation between various divisions of our utility, two trucks carrying a range of technical relief goods could finally be sent to our partner utilities in Ukraine this week. This is already the second aid delivery this year being transported from Dresden 800 km eastwards. The supplies The water and wastewater utilities in […]
BMZ und VKU starten gemeinsame Spendenaktion für technische Hilfsgüter in der Wasserwirtschaft
Seit neun Monaten herrscht ein brutaler Krieg in der Ukraine. Russland zerstört immer wieder gezielt kritische Infrastrukturen und will damit die ukrainische Bevölkerung treffen. Auch der ukrainische Wassersektor ist Ziel der russischen Angriffe. Die Reparatur ist schwierig und gefährlich: Die Ressourcen sind begrenzt, Ersatzteile sind knapp, und das Risiko neuer Attacken besteht weiterhin. Um auch […]
Oldenburg sewage treatment plant becomes a model for reconstruction
In north-western Germany. Here the focus is on reconstructing parts of the critical infrastructure in Ukraine: The Oldenburg East Frisian Water Association (OOWV), and municipal water supply and sanitation companies from the cities of Chernihiv and Sumy in north-eastern Ukraine, are collaborating in a solidarity partnership. Four guests from the crisis region that borders Russia and […]
