Tiraspol city head says water and heating networks are worn out by 80-90%
The Tiraspol city administration admits its water, sewage and heating networks are worn out by 80-90% and 85%.
What it means for you
For Tiraspol residents, this means frequent cuts of hot and cold water and cold flats in winter. Repairs are only patchwork, paid from what residents pay for utilities. No new works or deadlines have been announced.
What happened
In an interview with the local paper Pridnestrovye, Tiraspol city head Ilona Tiureaeva said the water and sewage networks are 80-90% worn, and the heating networks 85%. In the first nine months of 2026, the Tiraspol water system had 983 incidents that affected almost 30,000 residents. The report comes from Cotidianul, which criticises the separatist authorities; no further reply is given.
In short
- Tiraspol's heating networks are 85% worn, according to the city head.
- In 2026, only 200 metres of heating pipe were replaced, out of about 240 kilometres of network.
- Heating suppliers received about 10,000 requests about faults in the first nine months of the year.
- Over the past decade, about 400 million Transnistrian rubles, roughly 21 million euros, were allocated for repairs.
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