Kharkiv purchased a new dredger for river cleaning

A modern suction dredger for cleaning riverbeds was purchased using funds from the Kharkiv city budget. Over the next several months, utility services plan to clean 300 meters of the Kharkiv River channel.

"This year, the city's rivers are being cleaned with a new suction dredger. It is several times more powerful than the old one and makes it possible to remove silt deposits that have accumulated for years more quickly and with better quality," specialists say.

According to utility workers, this kind of cleaning improves the hydrological properties of the rivers and their sanitary and environmental condition. The Kharkiv River is currently being cleared of debris, bulky waste, and layers of sand and silt.

Volodymyr Zalesskyi, chief engineer of the municipal enterprise responsible for drainage and stormwater facilities, said that the suction dredger extracts soil from the riverbed and transports it through a slurry pipeline to disposal maps. After that, the solid sediment settles, the clarified water returns to the river, and once the soil is dewatered it will be disposed of at a municipal solid waste landfill.

Zalesskyi also noted that the repair of the Zhuravlivka dam is nearing completion. Work is currently underway to reinforce and concrete the slopes of the lower pool banks, after which work on the upper pool slopes will follow.

During the river cleaning, the water level is lowered, but by May 1 the reservoirs in Kharkiv are expected to be refilled.

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