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Power Cut Halts Kryvyi Rih Water Pumps and Boiler Houses

Officials switch pumps to generators to stabilize the water supply.

Overview

  • An emergency shutdown of electricity stopped major municipal pumping stations and several large boiler plants, according to city administrator Alexander Vilkul.
  • Water pressure will drop across the system, with the sharpest impact expected on upper floors of residential buildings.
  • Several big boiler houses were taken offline and their restart is estimated to take about two hours.
  • Crews are transferring pumps to backup generators to keep essential water services running during the outage response.
  • The update was issued by the Kryvyi Rih military administration through Vilkul’s Telegram channel.