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A freshly dug trench along the edge of a village street, with blue water pipes ready to be laid, a water tower and houses in the distance, in morning light.
NATIONAL

50 localities in Ungheni district have water, only 7 have sewerage too — what the 598-million programme brings

The government has approved a national water and sanitation programme for 2026–2030, with an estimated cost of around 598 million lei and European-style targets: safe water for at least 95% of the population and sewerage for 65%. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows exactly where Ungheni district stands: 816 kilometres of water network and only 119 of sewerage, and out of 50 localities with a water supply, only 7 also have a sewerage network.

Ion Calmis·13 August 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
The window of a small shop, completely dark, at the blue hour of the evening. The dark glass reflects the light of a street lamp and the silhouette of a block of flats across the road. Two people walk along the pavement, seen from behind.
PUBLIC SERVICES

What changes in Ungheni under the two states of alert: shop windows go dark at 18.00, drinking water no longer washes the streets

On 28 July the Government declared a national state of alert in the energy sector and a state of hydrological alert, both for 30 days. On 3 August, the National Crisis Management Commission adopted two binding decisions: the administrators of public buildings and commercial premises switch off fountains, shop windows and decorative lighting between 18.00 and 06.00 and cut at least 30% of their interior lighting, while drinking water from public systems may no longer be used to wash streets or fill swimming pools. In blocks of flats with lifts, a notice must be posted on the ground floor. The next day, for the evening of 4 August, the power system had a forecast deficit in commercial terms between 21.00 and 23.00.

Ion Calmis·5 August 2026· Explainer
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An elevation profile showing the water's path from the Prut river and the Zagarancea treatment station, at roughly 40–50 metres altitude, climbing toward the hill of the village of Boghenii Vechi, at roughly 274 metres, with two pumping stations along the way.
PUBLIC SERVICES

How water climbs from the Prut up to the hill of Boghenii Vechi: the commune has brought its water main into all four of its villages

The Boghenii Noi commune hall announced on 22 July that it had completed connecting the village of Boghenii Vechi to the water main, including the 'hill zone' — the hardest part to supply, because the water has to be pumped more than 200 metres higher than the source. The water comes from Zagarancea, from the Prut river, the same source that also supplies the town of Ungheni. In official statistics, the village shows a public water network only from 2025: 3.1 km and 59 connected dwellings. It is a small piece of a national process that, in 2024, delivered 507 of the 561 kilometres of new network precisely in villages.

Ion Calmis·23 July 2026· Analysis