A scientific and educational space “ONE WATER” opens at MUE "Lutskvodokanal"
Lutsk City Mayor, Ihor Polishchuk, met with Nienke Voppen, Chief of the UNICEF Lviv Field Office, to discuss collaborative projects with the Lutsk City Territorial Community aimed at preserving and promoting the health of its residents.
As part of one of these initiatives, a historical and scientific educational space “ONE WATER” was opened in Lutsk. This new facility will regularly host lectures, tours, thematic and experimental lessons, and presentations for students and teachers of local schools. Today, the first tour was conducted by Maria Sydorova, a specialist from MUE "Lutskvodokanal".
Lutsk City Mayor expressed his gratitude to international partners for their support and funding. Together with Nienke Voppen, he attended the opening ceremony of the new educational space.
“When we turn on the taps in our homes, we rarely think about how much effort, equipment, human labor, and technology it takes for that water to appear, and for wastewater to be properly treated. With the support and funding of our long-standing partners at UNICEF, we have created an educational, interactive space in the city where children will take part in tours showing and explaining responsible water consumption and the use of water resources. Children will come to understand how much work and resources are needed to deliver water to their homes,” – said Ihor Polishchuk.
The goal of this project is to help children understand that the water on our planet has always been the same – it cannot be newly produced or destroyed. The project introduces children to the properties of water, the processes of its physical changes, and the history of water supply in Lutsk, including how water is delivered to people’s homes.
During the tour, children were shown a building featuring a classic diagram of a municipal water supply system and learned how the water system in Lutsk operates.
The children discovered that the city’s water supply network extends 700 kilometers, roughly the same as the distance from Lutsk to Kyiv and back, and that in large cities, these networks stretch for thousands of kilometers. The system also provides water for firefighting needs.
The children also visited the site of Lutsk’s first pumping station, which has been restored and preserved as a small museum, complete with its original technological equipment. Visitors can see the impressive size of the engines, pumps, and valves used in earlier times.
The artwork on the walls illustrates the transition from nature to the urban environment, symbolizing the harmonious process of coexistence between people, technology, and nature.
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