MASTER'S THESIS - SuSanA

APPENDIX C – Site visits
5.3 Conclusion of visit
The village has problems with wastewater handling that should be addressed in the future. Unfortunately it
was not possible to speak with the mayor of the commune about it, but Dritan Pistoli stated that it is not a
priority of the commune, that they prefer to invest in education and other projects. The discussion in the
village about the water supply showed that people are interested and join discussions to fight for their
interest. The involvement of people in that village for a sanitation project can be assumed to be strong.
People know the problems. But they need more education and training according to sanitation and to help
to improve their situation. Solutions that have to be found would be on-site solutions for single households
and common solutions for several houses that are located close to each other. The mountain shows a big
slope and discharge by gravity is possible. A simple improvement of the situation would be the constructing
of simple leakage pits for every house or a group of close houses and a proper sealing and cover of these
pits, preventing rain water to flow in. In that way, water would be discharged in a controlled way into the
ground and would not pollute streets, gardens and backyards. As drinking water will be distributed by pipes
from sources in the mountains, the discharge of the wastewater into the ground will not affect the drinking
water quality. Distance to the river should be big enough that soil can filter the pollution from the
wastewater without bringing lots of pollutants into the river.
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