Mitryasova, O. CHRONICLES OF THIRST: DOCUMENTING MYKOLAIV'S WATER SECURITY CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS IN A WAR-AFFECTED CITY: Monograph. Mykolaiv: PMBSNU, 2026, 124 p.

CHRONICLES OF THIRST: DOCUMENTING MYKOLAIV'S WATER SECURITY CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS IN A WAR-AFFECTED CITY AFTERWORD Concluding this "chronicle", it can be stated that the experience of Mykolaiv in 2022- 2026 went far beyond the local communal crisis. This study recorded a unique precedent in world history, when a large industrial city became the object of purposeful "water terror", but not only survived, but also transformed its vulnerability into a new model of resilience. The book analyzes three key aspects of the Mykolaiv phenomenon. Firstly, it is technological resistance, the way from overcoming critical water quality indicators, which were several times higher than the normative values, to the introduction of modern water treatment protocols and the design of the most modern treatment facilities in Ukraine. Secondly, it is a socio-ecological transformation. Questionnaires and hydrochemical monitoring confirmed that Mykolaiv residents have ceased to be passive consumers. The community has evolved from forced adaptation to water scarcity to a deeper understanding of the causes of this crisis. Even if alternative sources of supply are preserved, Mykolaiv residents have a clear request to restore the ecosystem of the Southern Buh as the primary basis for a stable quality of life. This applied environmental awareness has become an important element of the new urban identity. Thirdly, it is cultural reflection. The artistic front of Mykolaiv, from children's reportage and figurative drawings to large-scale projects by professional authors, has become an integral part of urban sustainability. Visual documentation of the experience of "thirst" turned out to be as critical as the modernization of pumping stations, because it was culture that helped to fix the emotional code during the war and water crisis and form a vision of the restoration of the city, which retains its identity in the "dark time". The symbolic end of the stage of the systemic water crisis for Mykolaiv was the launch of an ambitious project for the construction of new treatment facilities worth more than 800 million hryvnias. This initiative is not just an attempt to restore the city's access to quality water, but an application for the creation of the most technologically advanced water supply complex in Ukraine. If the period 2022-2025 was a time of desperate struggle for every liter, then 2026 marked the transition to strategic design of the future. The new water supply system was launched on October 7, 2025. The implementation of a project of such a scale proves that the experience of Mykolaiv has ceased to be a local story of survival. The city went through a unique military test in world history, where water played the role of a weapon. The current investment in treatment technologies is the final victory over the strategy of "water terror", which was aimed at making the city 115