WASH Cluster Incident Report №282, 07/05/2021 Format BOOSTER PUMPING STATION DEENERGIZED DUE TO SHELLING Water company Voda Donbasa (VD) informed WASH Cluster of shelling very close to the 3rd Lift Pumping Station, that provide water to 3.1 million people on both sides of the Line of Contact (LoC) in Eastern Ukraine, with a smaller pumping station depowered due to damaged power lines. At around 7.00 pm on Friday 7th May 2021 a 35 kV powerline was damaged by heavy shelling, near Mayorsk. As a result, the booster pumping station “Mayorsk” (PS “Mayorsk”), which is located within the compound of the larger 3 rd Lift Pumping Station of Siverskyi Donets Donbas channel (3rd LPS), was deenergized. The booster pumping is used during low-flow conditions and to refill the huge pipes, should larger pumps need to be restarted. Fortunately, the larger 3 rd LPS of the SDD channel is still operating as normal.