His statement was published on the Rosgeologia website.

He also said that "the company will continue to work to determine the quality and volume of the identified reserves of groundwater, for this additional wells will be drilled to a depth of 500 m at a close distance from the coast."

Earlier, the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that “because of the heavy rainfall that fell on the territory of the Republic of Crimea, as well as thanks to the implementation of backup measures that were carried out on behalf of (Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Khusnullin. - 

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) Marat Shakirzyanovich: drilling wells, launching the operation of the Beshterek-Zuisky water intake, etc., we can already say with confidence that the Crimean water shortage does not threaten ”.