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 unattainable. The pensioner could not carry several five-liter eggplants through three microdistricts. And that's when electric transport came to the rescue. Trolleybuses and trams of "special purpose" The transformation took place quickly and prosaically. Mykolaivelectrotrans has converted part of its fleet into mobile water distribution points. Cabins where passengers used to go to work or home were now occupied by huge plastic containers - "cubes" filled with purified water (Fig. 1.22). Mykolaiv residents are used to the new, military aesthetics of bus stops. The usual trolleybus appeared on the horizon, but instead of the route number, the board could say "Water" or simply hung a sign with a red cross or volunteer symbols. It was not a pretentious gesture — it was daily, exhausting work. Electric transport drivers, who often worked to the sound of sirens, went on flights not to transport people, but in order to deliver the resource on time to those who were waiting for it the most. Fig. 1.22. The process of filling eggplants through municipal transport (author's photo). 34