Russia’s war in Ukraine has devastated the country’s water and sanitation infrastructure. Civilian water supply and treatment have been exposed to collateral damage, wielded as weapons through targeted attacks, and strained by large population movements and diminished capacity as water operators take up arms to protect their country. This has enormous implications for Ukraine’s short and long-term health, agricultural, and energy systems, and economic well-being.
Join the Wilson Center and the U.S. Water Partnership on February 7th for a discussion with a panel of experts – including two representatives of Lviv’s water utility – to better understand the enormous costs of Russia’s attacks on civilian infrastructure, and how the international community can better support Ukraine’s efforts to rebuild and modernize its water infrastructure.
SPEAKERS
Volodymyr Bilynskyy
Deputy Chief Engineer, Lvivvodokanal, Lviv City Communal Enterprise Water Utility
Franklin Broadhurst
WASH Technical Advisor, Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development
Sébastien Truffaut
Former Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Chief in Ukraine, UNICEF
Dmytro Vankovych
Director, Lviv City Communal Enterprise Water Utility
Erika Weinthal
Lee Hill Snowdon Professor of Environmental Policy, Duke University
INTRODUCTION
Christopher Rich
Executive Director, U.S. Water Partnership