On Sunday, September 3, it rained heavily in Lviv for about 2 hours. As a result, a lot of flooding was recorded in the city, as the storm sewers did not have time to quickly receive a large volume of water. According to Iryna Marunyak, the deputy mayor of Lviv for housing and communal services, communal services are now working in every district, which clean rain catchers and sewers on the roads. Tractors are also working in the city, cleaning the streets from mud.
“Due to the heavy rain, we have several floods on the streets, entrances and roofs. But the bad weather did not cause much damage to the city. Flooding was recorded on the street. Horodotskyi, str. Trolleybusniy, st. Rubchaka, in the “Iskra” district, on the street Under Golosko et al.
The flooding briefly caused the stoppage of trolleybuses No. 21, 23, 24, 30, 38. As of now, trolleybuses have been fully restored. As for the operation of the trams, due to the bad weather, the tram tracks near the “Vuletsky Hills” were flooded, which stopped the movement of the N3 tram.
Also, the Hotline received 35 appeals from residents regarding leaking roofs and clogged storm drains in houses,” says Iryna Marunyak.
According to her, 372 workers of communal services and 11 units of equipment were used during the bad weather and until now to eliminate the consequences of the bad weather. During the downpour, they cleaned the rain gutters on the streets, because the water was covering the leaves. Now utility workers are clearing storm pipes in houses and cleaning streets from mud.
At the same time, eco-activists emphasize that such showers will happen more and more often.
“Due to climate change, rains like the one that just happened in Lviv will happen more and more often. Our storm sewers and treatment plants are not designed for such one-time volumes of water. Adapting to the effects of climate change is about that.
A special thanks to the workers of communal services, who on Sunday, in the rain, walk along the road and clear the rain receivers so that the water goes off the roadway as soon as possible,” wrote Iryna Myronova, executive director of Zero Waste Lviv, on her Facebook page.