About the Institute

Since 10 April 1949, we have been providing the water sector of southern Ukraine with design and cost estimate documentation — from irrigation systems to water mains and bank protection structures.

The institute building, archive photo
The institute building, archive photo

History

Our story

  1. 1949

    On 10 April, the history of the Ukrpivdendiprovodhosp institute begins in Odesa.

  2. Foundations

    The institute’s core activity becomes supplying the water management sector with design and cost estimate documentation.

  3. New priorities

    Reforms in the agricultural sector change the approach to land reclamation: instead of expanding irrigated areas, the focus shifts to using existing ones efficiently, with compact drip-irrigated blocks and water-saving irrigation equipment.

  4. Drinking water

    The institute seeks the best solutions for the region’s water supply: the Danube and the Dniester make it possible to provide quality water both for irrigated farming and for settlements.

  5. Today

    The focus is on environmental safety: eliminating groundwater flooding in settlements, flood control, landslide prevention and bank protection measures, and protecting the Danube lakes from pollution.

Our mission

What matters to us

Our goal is to make the most of the systems already built and adapt them to today’s economic conditions at the lowest possible cost. This matters especially in southern Ukraine, where water determines both the harvest and the quality of life in villages and towns.

Providing people with quality drinking water remains a pressing problem for the region. Group water supply systems have already been built, but much work remains, and the institute’s engineers play a key role in choosing the best solutions within regional water supply schemes.

Of all the issues facing the water sector, the region’s environmental safety is our top priority. We continue to work on eliminating groundwater flooding in settlements, flood control, preventing pollution of the Danube lakes, landslide prevention and bank protection, and defining water protection zones, and we also study the environmental impact of facilities.

In addressing environmental issues as part of integrated facility planning, the institute works closely with international organizations and neighbouring countries. We look for solutions that improve the environmental reliability of both existing and new facilities, and we are open to cooperation with everyone who cares about the region’s environmental challenges.

The institute building today
Founded on 10 April 1949

Partners

We work alongside leading research institutions

  • State Institution “Ukrainian Research Institute of Medical Rehabilitation and Balneology of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”
  • Odesa State Environmental University
  • A. V. Bogatsky Physico-Chemical Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  • Odesa Branch of the A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas
  • National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  • Ukrainian Scientific Center of Ecology of the Sea
  • NVI of the Research Institution “Ukrainian Scientific Center of Ecology of the Sea”
  • Odesa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Official details

Company details

Full name
State Regional Design and Survey Institute Ukrpivdendiprovodhosp (UKR-SOUTH-WATER Project Institute)
EDRPOU code
01037904
Governing body
State Agency of Water Resources of Ukraine
Address
13 Ivana ta Yuriia Lypy St, Odesa, 65078, Ukraine