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 1.4. SYNCHRONIZATION OF WATER SUPPLY WITH ENERGY SUPPLY SCHEDULES AND WATER WAR CULTURE The period of 2024-2025 brought significant adjustments to the already established survival system of Mykolaiv. Massive military attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure have led to before the introduction of scheduled and emergency power outages. For Mykolaiv, this meant that access to water now depended not only on the availability of the water itself in the source, but also on the availability of electricity for the operation of pumps and filtration systems. Energy dependence of pick-up points Most of the free drinking water distribution points in the city are based on reverse osmosis technology. This is an energy-intensive process: to push water through the membranes, you need a stable high pressure, which is created by electric pumps. Accordingly, when the microdistrict was de-energized according to the schedule of "queues", the water supply point automatically stopped working. This created new domestic inconveniences. If earlier a resident could come for water at any convenient time during daylight hours, now it was necessary to first check the outage schedule of Mykolaivoblenergo. A situation arose when, at the moments of the availability of electricity, significant queues formed near the distribution points, because everyone was trying to stock up until the next shutdown. The logistics of the "light hours" of the life of Mykolaiv residents turned into a constant synchronization of two schedules. A typical day looked like this: Checking that your home belongs to a specific shutdown queue. Coordination with neighbors or through Telegram channels on whether a particular point of issue is working (after all, the network schedule did not always coincide with the technical condition of the equipment). Quick collection of tanks during the period when the pumps were running. The problem was aggravated by the fact that after turning on the light, the reverse osmosis system needed a certain time (from 15 to 30 minutes) to enter the operating mode and start dispensing purified water. This further reduced the usable time during which people could collect drinking water. 54