MASTER'S THESIS - SuSanA
MASTER'S THESIS - SuSanA
MASTER'S THESIS - SuSanA
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APPENDIX C – Site visits<br />
All the six villages are growing fast and have a positive population development. The region is important for<br />
environmental protection as it is close to the Shkodra lake.<br />
The access to the village by road is quite good, with even some asphaltic street parts in the village. Only<br />
some streets were more or less paths out of clay and mud.<br />
Figure C.3: Asphalt street in Dober (Niebel 2011) Figure C.4: Houses in Dober (Niebel 2011)<br />
1.2 Water supply situation<br />
According to the mayor of communes, Isa Ramaj, in all surrounding rural areas the water is taken from wells<br />
for irrigation and non-drinking purpose but sometimes it can happen that people drink the water. To get<br />
drinking water, people go by car or minibus to the next bigger city Koplic and buy bottled water or fill big<br />
canisters with drinking water at public or private taps without paying for it. This drinking water comes from<br />
the mountains and is said to be clean.<br />
According to what was observed at the village visit, it seems that every house has an own well, equipped<br />
with a pump and a storage on the roof so that people have water in the house. Toilets are most often<br />
constructed inside the house and built as water-flush toilets.<br />
At the moment, construction works for the ADF drinking water supply project are ongoing. After finishing<br />
construction works, people will have a drinking water supply within the house and the consumed water will<br />
be metered and sold with consumption-oriented tariffs.<br />
To join the the water supply project, the village had to apply at the ADF. When CES did the feasibility study<br />
in the village, people were invited to public meetings and stated that they want the project and that they<br />
are willing to pay local contribution and the tariff for the consumed water. However, when they actually had<br />
to pay (before construction), they said that they do not trust the project as many organisations have been<br />
there already in the past without accomplishment. Isa Ramaj argued that people cannot be blamed for that<br />
reaction because often in the past nothing happened after aid organisations had done their investigations.<br />
The total investment cost of the project for the the six villages was 1.2 million ALL. 2 % of that amount had<br />
to be paid by the beneficiaries and 8 % by the commune as a local contribution. As the commune did not<br />
have enough financial means, Isa Ramaj applied for support at the government. Water supply will get tariffs<br />
proved by the regulatory authority and houses will be equipped with water meters. That will be something<br />
very new in rural areas in Albania and can hopefully prevent wasting the drinking water and support a<br />
reasonable consumption.<br />
C.2