Date: Tue, 8 Aug 95 17:02:02 EDT

From: incident@vita.org (Emergency Information Administrator)

To: event@vita.org

Subject: Ukraine: Environmental  DHA-03

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                        UKRAINE - KHARKOV

                     ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY

                      SITUATION REPORT NO.3

                          8 AUGUST 1995





1. UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS TO IMPROVE LOCAL

PUMPING CAPACITY.  SOME OF THE PUMPS, RECEIVED THROUGH NATO AS

INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, ARE STILL USED IN THE CITY OF KHARKOV.



2. AT THE END OF JULY, THE VOLUME OF UNTREATED SEWAGE WATERS

RELEASED INTO THE RIVERS LOPAN, UDY, KHARKIV AND THEN SEVERSKY

DONETS, REACHED 600,000 CUBIC METERS PER DAY.  NATIONAL

AUTHORITIES ARE TAKING MEASURES TO LIMIT AND STOP DISCHARGE OF

UNTREATED SEWAGE WATERS INTO RIVERS.  STEPS ARE ALSO TAKEN TO

IMPROVE RIVER WATER QUALITY BY USING AERATION AND HYDROLOGICAL

TECHNIQUES.



3. UKRAINIAN ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITIES HAVE FACED DIFFICULTIES IN

QUICK AND RELIABLE ASSESSMENT OF WATER POLLUTION, AND APPEALED

FOR URGENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PURCHASE THE NECESSARY WATER

MONITORING EQUIPMENT.  FOLLOWING THIS REQUEST, DHA HAS RELEASED

AN EMERGENCY GRANT OF USD40,000 TO UKRAINE.



4. UKRAINIAN REQUEST FOR MEDICINES AND DISINFECTANTS IS STILL

GENERALLY VALID.  UNICEF IS SHIPPING URGENTLY FROM ITS COPENHAGEN

WAREHOUSE TO UKRAINE THE FOLLOWING SUPPLIES:



-  TETRACYCLINE 500,000 TABLETS

-  PEDIATRIC ERYTHROMYCIN SUSPENSION 3,000 BOTTLES (60ML EACH)

-  ORS - 125,000 PACKETS.



COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHICH HAVE ALREADY ASSISTED UKRAINE

WITH MEDICINES IN THIS PARTICULAR DISASTER, ARE ASKED TO INFORM

DHA IN ORDER TO AVOID DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS.





                  + DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS =



TELEPHONE NO: +41-22-917.12.34

EMERGENCY TEL. NO. (IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ONLY): +41-22-917.20.10



DESK OFFICER: MR. VLADIMIR SAKHAROV DIRECT TEL: +41-22-917.11.42

PRESS TO CONTACT:  MRS.  MOULIN-ACEVEDO, DIRECT TEL:

+41-22-917.28.56



TELEX: 414242 DHA CH

FAX: +41-22-917.00.23

ELECTRONIC MAIL: DHAGVA AT UN.ORG



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