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Wash in the sink
Klaipėda-based Eglė, who lives in the northern part of the city, shared a photo of washing her offspring: the girl was held in the sink.
“This is how the children of the city of Klaipeda wash themselves in the 21st century. A good week ago, AB Klaipėdos vanduo responded to the cry for help from the residents of Labrenciškės and Labrencų dvaro streets with a formal explanation that the water pressure had dropped due to a water supply accident on Liepų Street.
Today I received confirmation by phone that the accident had been settled last week. Only the pressure did not restore anything, ”the woman resented.
He rhetorically asked how to wash an eight-year-old son if he couldn’t fit in the sink. It will be necessary to continue going to my grandmother.
“The situation is such that sometimes at night you turn off the tap and you don’t know: you brush your teeth or not,” said Andrius, who lives in Labrenciškės.
It is also used to water lawns.
Not only did the residents of the northern part of Klaip enfrentada face similar problems, they felt the water flow change every time. People in the suburbs of Klaipeda also have challenges. Here, however, the problems become apparent at night, when most of the residents of the individual houses begin to water their gardens.
“Now I realize that there is a drought, that there is no water. But the problem has been there before, even before the heat. And it becomes sensitive, “said Aurimas Mockus, Šiloja’s oldest.
15 minutes readers also wrote about dishwashers and washing machines. People were assured that they would plug in appliances so they wouldn’t fail in the event of a sudden power outage.
Consumption records
Benitas Jonikas, head of the Klaipėdos vanduo company, said in a statement released on Monday that record water consumption has been reached in the city these days. B. Jonikas pointed out that high water consumption can cause water turbidity and reduce water consumption.
“We are constantly monitoring the water supply in real time through the SCADA system and we see that the reduced water pressure in the northern part of the city has improved.
However, whenever water consumption increases, there is a risk that the water pressure will be lower than normal. Therefore, we ask residents to water their lawns outside of peak hours, ”said B. Jonikas, CEO of the company.
In Vilnius – one more tenth
Marius Švaikauskas, CEO of Vilniaus Vandenai, says that during the hot weekend Vilnius residents consumed as much water as could fit in 76 Olympic basins.
Like every summer, when the thermometer rises above normal temperature, the company “Vilniaus vandenys” registers an increase in water consumption.
Last weekend, when this season’s heat records were recorded across the country, water consumption in Vilnius increased by almost one tenth (9%) compared to the previous year – individual. Here, water consumption in some places increased by up to 20% over the weekend, ”said the director.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Marius Švaikauskas
Last weekend, Vilniaus Vandenys recorded the highest water consumption on Sunday, from 7 pm to 11 pm: “We assume that at that time a part of the population was returning from their favorite spas and bodies of water. in summer and dealt not only with personal hygiene, but also with heavy-duty irrigation techniques.
We also registered a record increase in the consumption of water in bottles installed in the capitals: here an average of 50% was consumed during the weekend. more water. In some bottles located in the green areas of Vilnius, p. Eg In Vingis Park, the water consumption was also 2 k. higher. “
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