WASH Cluster Incident Report №279, 06/04/2021
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MAIN PUMPING STATION SHELLED, STOPPED
Voda Donbasa (VD) informed the WASH Cluster about shelling today, Tuesday 6th April near the First Lift Pumping Station (1st LPS) of the South Donbas Waterway. At 4:45 pm, Kyiv time, Vasylivka village was de-energized, as a Power Line (PL) was damaged. Shelling continued and, as a result, a second power line, this one supplying electricity to the Pumping Station itself, was also damaged. The 1st LPS was de-energized at 5:05 pm, and stopped pumping water immediately. One night shift workers at the pumping station took cover in the onsite bomb shelter, but a second is still missing.