MASTER'S THESIS - SuSanA

APPENDIX C – Site visits
The village Mishter was located on the mountain with a very big slope. All houses get somehow water and
have indoor water toilets. Only a few houses could be visited but seemed to be in a really good condition.
Distance between houses ranged between only a few meters and some 50 meters or more. Some donkeys
for personal transport could be seen. The land in the village is limited and therefore some people moved
down the mountain to have more land for agricultural use. The road access was very bad, as ways consist
mainly of little stones, rocks, clay and mud and nearly cannot be used by car after rain.
Due to limited time of the mayor of the commune, Mustafa Celani, no interview with him about the
watewater situation was possible. Dritan Pistoli discussed with him the water project and gave explanation
about the situation for the water supply in the commune. The upper part of the village was visited where
discussions with inhabitants took place. Starting with a few men standing at one main square of the village
in front of two houses, the discussion grew bigger as more and more people (young and old, men and
women) joined while the one hour of discussion. At the end some questions concerning the wastewater
problematic could be asked to some inhabitants that showed examples of bad wastewater handling. The
involved villagers were mainly women. Figure C.30 shows the inhabitants of Mishter during the discussion.
Figure C.30: Lively discussion in the village Mishter
about the drinking water project (Niebel 2012)
5.1 Actual water situation
Information about water supply situation was gained from the mayor of the commune, Mustafa Celani, and
Dritan Pistoli from ADF. Drinking water comes from the mountains and has a good quality. The source is
located close to the village. At the moment the village has some main public pipes with two or three public
taps were people get water for free. After finishing the water supply project, people will have water supply
in their house.
The village is divided into two parts. One part is located up the hill with 78 families (every family has at least
five members), the second part is located far away down the hill and consists of five houses with 10
families. People move down the mountain as there is land for agricultural use available. The problem that
occurs for the water supply project is that people up the hill do not want to share the water with people
that live down the hill. The water is used for drinking purpose, in the household and for agriculture. While
there is enough water available in the winter, the summer could bring some shortages. According to Dritan
Pistoli, the solution would be the installation of a storage tank that stores water in the night and assures the
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