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 CONTENTS FOREWORD…………………………………………………………………… ...5 CHAPTER I. GENESIS AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE, AND AFTER 2022………………………………………………………………………7 1.1.Mykolaiv is a city on the water: the history of water supply............................. 8 1.2.Transforming a Fundamental Right: How Access to Water Has Become a Daily Struggle for Survival.............................................................................. 32 1.3. Big water in the frontline city.........................................................................47 1.4. Synchronization of water supply with energy supply schedules and water war culture.............................................................................................................56 1.1. Fresh water with a taste of anticipation in Mykolaiv in 2026…………….....65 CHAPTER II. HYDROCHEMICAL WAR CHRONICLE ……………………..71 2.1. Buh Estuary: chronicles of degradation and restoration challenges ………...72 2.2. Hydrochemical passport of the estuary and spatio-temporal map of the water crisis……………………………………………………………………………...76 2.3. Hydrochemical portrait of the urban water network………………………...82 CHAPTER III. RESIDENTS' PERSONAL NARRATIVES……………………88 3.1. "Blue economy" of Mykolaiv: the philosophy of the plastic pen…………...89 3.2. Social dimension of water danger…………………………………………...92 3.3. From Survival to Quality: Reflection 2026………………………………… 99 CHAPTER IV. WATER AND WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF ART: REFLECTION OF THE WATER CRISIS……………………………………..100 4.1. Amulet on the wall: "Whale holding the city".............................................. 101 4.2. Art manifesto "Tree of Life"......................................................................... 103 4.3. Cossack Atlantis: hydrological memory through the prism of the lost and found…………………………………………………………………………… 105 4.4. Mural "Mykolaiv Spring" as a visual anchor of water memory…………...108 4.5. Chronicles of thirst through brush and photo lens as mirrors of water resistance………………………………………………………………………..110 AFTERWORD………………………………………………………………….117 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS……………………………………………………...118 REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………119 4