Extensive flooding could have severe consequences for farming, health and the environment.
Large sections of the Kakhovka dam have collapsed, unleashing catastrophic floods. Credit: Satellite image 2023 Maxar Technologies via Getty
The breach triggered extensive flooding, which peaked at 5.6 metres in Kherson on 8 June and has so far displaced more than 20,000 people across dozens of settlements, including in Russian-held areas on the river’s lower left bank. The deluge is expected to continue for at least a week.spoke to researchers and specialists on rivers and environmental science about the continuing impacts of the disaster.Before the breach, the Kakhovka reservoir held more than 19 cubic kilometres of water.
Floodwater has inundated tens of thousands of hectares of farms and arable lands, washing away their topsoil layers, according to Ukraine’s environment ministry. “We will not be able to cultivate agricultural plants on this soil for many years ahead,” said Krasnolutskyi. Falconer adds that the floods could wash fertilizers used on agricultural land into the river, where they could disrupt aquatic ecosystems.
“What we have seen is the tip of the iceberg,” says Oleksii Vasyliuk, an environmentalist and co-founder of UNCG. “This is ecocide.” If the water level in the Kakhovka reservoir drops too low to supply cooling water, Zaporizhzia can switch to alternative water supplies. There are also two cooling towers that can be used for atmospheric cooling, and require only a small amount of water to operate, says Malte Jansen, an energy scientist at the University of Sussex, UK.
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