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For the whole night of November 23-24, some 30 workers of the Ukraine’s largest corrugated cardboard and packaging fabric pumped out wastewater to the nearest chamber with vacuum pumps until the electricity was turned back on
Due to enemy rocket fire on November 23, there was a blackout of some important plants of the Kyiv Cardboard and Paper Mill, the company reports. The pumping station for pumping household wastewater, which serves not only the enterprise, but also the sewerage system of the nearby Obukhiv town, turned out to be without power supply.
Since the pumping equipment was turned off, and urban runoff continued to flow, the specialists of the company’s water treatment plant had to prevent the station from flooding in order to avoid damage to the building and save the equipment.
“The whole night, 13 workers of the water treatment plant who were on shift, 14 members of the emergency recovery team and 4 employees of the fire and rescue station of the plant pumped out water from the pumping station to the nearest chamber with vacuum pumps until the the electricity turned back on,” says Yuri Tkachuk, head of water supply and treatment unit at Kyiv CPM.
“Thanks to their work, it was possible to avoid flooding of pumping units and workshop buildings. The situation was critical, because the flooding of the equipment would have made it impossible to further pump out wastewater not only from the plant, but from the entire city.”
Since October, due to the destruction of almost a third of Ukrainian power plants by the enemy, a regime of total energy saving has been introduced in the country. This resulted in massive blackouts in the industrial sector and residential buildings.
Since the Kyiv CPM is one of the largest consumers of electricity in the Kyiv region, the issue of limiting energy consumption at the plant has become an edge. According to the order of the Kyiv regional administration, in November, the enterprise had to reduce electricity consumption by an average of 40% per day.
The plant had to bring its operation to a critical minimum of energy consumption, keeping the work on.
As a result, technological schemes of production were completely changed, which made it possible to significantly reduce the load on the energy system: up to 66% compared to the average indicators recorded before October 10, 2022, and up to 64% of the average daily electricity consumption, taking into account that 14% was used for the needs of Obukhiv’s critical infrastructure and industrial hub.
Today, during the hours of the morning and evening maximums, the enterprise reduces the load by 12.5-18.8%, increasing capacity at a less critical time for the power system.
The timely measures allowed the plant to continue supplying products to consumers and partners, providing employees with stable job.
gofro.expert
