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Water supply from groundwater: new solutions for a battered-and-bruised Ukraine

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT We present improved technology for alternative water supplies for Ukraine during martial law and post-war reconstruction. Sugar-bonded gravel filters for well screens reduce the consumption of material and time for their transportation to the site, and avoid sanding and the formation of voids, thereby reducing hydraulic resistance. Our results facilitate on-site production of block gravel filters using sugar as a binding agent for fine-and-medium-grained sands that constitute the effective component of the filterblock. We explore the constraints on installing such a filter to depths as great as 200 m.

Source: Water Science & Technology Water Supply

DOI: 10.2166/ws.2025.026

Authors: Andrii Sudakov, Artem Pavlychenko, Hennadii Hapich, Mariia Isakova, Andrii Shumov

Institutions: Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University

Language: English

Topic: Water Quality and Resources Studies

Subfield: Water Science and Technology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Clean water and sanitation, Responsible consumption and production, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine