Water @ Wilson | Water and Conflict: Updates from the Russia-Ukraine War

Feb 7, 2023 | Wilson Center
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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.

INTRODUCTION

Chris Rich, Executive Director, U.S. Water Partnership

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, Professor of Environmental Policy and Public Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University

MODERATOR

Lauren Risi, Director, Environmental Change & Security Program, Wilson Center

When: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM ET