650K in Primorye Left Without Water After Substation Failure
Over 650,000 people in Primorsky Krai, including residents of Vladivostok, Artem, and Nadezhdinsky District, were left without cold water due to a power outage at the Shtykovo 110 kV substation, which halted water pumping stations. Restoration efforts were delayed by additional defects and required at least 12 hours to refill pipelines, with water expected by the morning of September 29.
Consensus
- Over 650,000 residents of Primorsky Krai were left without cold water.
- The outage was caused by an accident at the Shtykovo 110kV substation.
- Water supply was disrupted in Vladivostok, Artem, and the Nadezhdinsky District.
- 3,600 multi-apartment buildings and about 16,500 private homes were affected.
- 224 socially significant facilities, including hospitals and schools, were without water.
- Water supply was expected to resume by the morning of September 29.
- Pumping stations stopped working due to loss of electricity.
- Water was being delivered by tankers in Vladivostok.
- Schools were advised to shorten classes or switch to remote learning.
- Hospitals and clinics continued operations with water delivered by truck.
- The accident occurred during the night of September 28.
- Additional defects were found during repair work, delaying restoration.
Points of divergence
- Only nine water tankers were operating across the entire city of Vladivostok. — novaya_eu
- Hot water supply was also cut off in Vladivostok and Artem. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- The total population of the affected areas is around 800,000, meaning over 80% of the population was impacted. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- The accident occurred in the Shkotovsky District, and power was lost in Smolyaninovo and Shtykovo. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- The initial repair deadline was set for 18:00 local time, then extended to 22:00, with no new deadline provided. — kommersant
- The water supply restoration was initially expected by midnight local time (17:00 MSK). — meduza
- The situation was described as a 'communal apocalypse' by Vladivostok1.ru journalists. — tg_dwglavnoe
- The affected population represents at least 36% of the total population of Primorsky Krai. — tg_theinsider
Coverage (20 sources)
- Municipal apocalypse. In Primorsky Krai, more than 650 thousand people have been without water for more than a day — DW Главное
- In Primorsky Krai, more than half a million people are left without water due to an accident — Новая газета Европа
- More than 650 thousand people left without water due to an accident being resolved in Primorye. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- More than 650 thousand people in the south of Primorye are left without water supply — Коммерсантъ
- In Primorye 650 thousand people left without water due to accident — The Moscow Times
- In Primorsky Krai, more than 650,000 residents are left without water after an accident — Новая газета Европа
- In Primorye, more than 650 thousand people left without water due to accident — Meduza
- More than 650 thousand people remain without water supply after an accident in Primorye — РИАМО
- More than 650 thousand residents of Primorye, more than a third of the region's population, are left without water after a substation accident — The Insider
- In Primorsky Krai, 650,000 residents left without water due to power outage — Сибирь.Реалии
- In Primorsky Krai, more than 650,000 residents left without water, hospitals and schools — Говорит НеМосква
- In Primorsky Krai, 650,000 people left without water due to an accident — ASTRA
- More than half a million residents of Primorye left without water due to substation accident — SOTAvision
- More than 650 thousand residents of Primorye left without water due to an accident — Вечерняя Москва
- More than 140 thousand people left without cold water due to an accident being resolved in Primorye. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- Substation accident left more than 650 thousand residents of Primorye without water — Вести
- In Primorsky Krai, more than half a million people are left without cold water due to an accident — Дождь (Telegram)
- In Primorsky Krai, more than 140 thousand people left without cold water due to a substation accident at "Shchitkovo", prosecutors reported... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- More than 650 thousand residents of Primorye left without water due to an accident — Интерфакс
- In Primorsky Krai, more than 140 thousand people left without cold water due to a substation accident at "Shchitkovo", prosecutors reported... — ТАСС (Telegram)
Key entities
- Primorye
- MCHS
- Shlykovoye
- Vladivostok
- Primorsky Krai
- Artema
- Nadezhdinsky District
- GU
- Russia
- Nadezhdinsky District
- Shtykovo
- Moscow
- TASS
- Artovsk
- Artema