In Voznesensk, there are plans to drill new boreholes and build a solar power station for water abstraction at a cost of ₴2.3 million

Voznesensk, May 2024, photo: ‘NikVesti’

A tender has been announced in Voznesensk for the development of design and cost estimate documentation for the construction of a new water intake. The project involves drilling new wells, installing a solar power station and decommissioning old, inactive wells.

This is evidenced by data from the Prozorro public procurement system, NikVesti reports.

The contracting authority is the municipal enterprise «Voznesensk Water Supply».

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The estimated cost of developing the documentation is 2.3 million hryvnias. Funding will be provided through co-financing by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine and the Voznesensk budget.

According to the tender documentation, the project involves the construction of a new water intake facility on the site of the infiltration water intake in Voznesensk. Plans include drilling three new boreholes up to 2,000 metres deep, as well as developing a further four exploration and production boreholes with a capacity of at least 40 cubic metres of water per hour each.

In addition, the project plans to build a hybrid solar power plant to power the facility and to plug inactive wells.

Tender proposals from potential bidders are currently being accepted. Once this stage is complete, the client will select a contractor to prepare the project documentation and ensure that the necessary expert reviews are carried out.

Under the terms of the procurement, the work must be completed by the end of 2026.

It is worth noting that the development of the project documentation is only the first stage of the project’s implementation. Once this is completed and the expert review has been passed, funding will also need to be secured for the construction of the new water intake.

As a reminder, during the summer months, Voznesensk faces serious drinking water shortages, so water is supplied on a schedule, reports «Ukrinform». This is because, whilst demand is 400 cubic metres per hour, less than 300 cubic metres can be extracted. Furthermore, due to high electricity costs, water tariffs here are high.

«To reduce the cost of water supply, we installed 150-kilowatt solar panels at our own expense. UNICEF contributed the same amount. So the situation here is relatively stable. However, there are problems with wastewater disposal, as much greater capacity is required there. The fact is that the sewerage network, which is currently operating at 25% capacity, was built to serve large enterprises, most of which are now inactive. At the same time, the length of the pipelines and the number of pumping stations have remained the same. Today, we have already allocated one million hryvnias from the budget for project documentation and will be working with donors in this area,» assures Mayor Yevhen Velychko.

And what about the water tariff in Voznesensk?

At a city council meeting in May 2026, Voznesensk Mayor Yevhen Velychko highlighted the need to increase water and wastewater tariffs — they could rise by 36 hryvnias. For now, the mayor says, they are trying to keep the tariff in check by installing solar power stations.

«We budgeted 10 hryvnias per unit of energy, but today it’s 16.9. This is throwing us off track a bit. It seems right now to talk about an inevitable rise in tariffs. But why have we been delaying it for several months? Because we have the prospect of solar power stations coming online. And this will allow us to balance things out a little, precisely because today, if we were to raise prices, the cost of water and wastewater services would have to increase by 36 hryvnias. That would be a death blow. We understand that this would be very difficult for the population,» said Yevhen Velychko.

Even if we exceed the budget, there isn’t enough money, he added. Until the solar power stations are installed, we have to pay compensation from the budget to cover the cost of energy.