MASTER'S THESIS - SuSanA
MASTER'S THESIS - SuSanA
MASTER'S THESIS - SuSanA
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APPENDIX C – Site visits<br />
speaking the Macedonian language. The population of the commune counts around 4,600 inhabitants in<br />
163 families (Kommuna Liqenas 2008).<br />
Houses in the village are old traditional stone houses, sometimes in very bad condition, and new built<br />
houses in very good condition, mostly for one or two households. Houses are located very dense on the hill<br />
with only little gardens around – if they have gardens at all. The street of the village is just partly fortified<br />
and rainwater runs through the mud. Donkeys were seen frequently next to the houses on the street, also<br />
some chicken were running around in the gardens. The village hosts (at least) the local government<br />
building, a church, a school and a health center, at least one little shop and a restaurant.<br />
Figure C.65: Main street in village Liqenas (Niebel<br />
2012)<br />
Figure C.66: Houses in the village Liqenas (Niebel<br />
2012)<br />
8.1.1 Drinking water supply of Liqenas<br />
Four villages get water from the lake, only three villages (Kalamas, Liqenas and Lethis) have piped water<br />
supply. The pumping system reaches 800 m into the lake and water (apparently) gets chlorinated before<br />
distribution. People use the tab water as drinking water. The water of Liqenas is taken from wells and from<br />
the lake. Liqenas has around 1,000 inhabitants in 340 households. But in the summer time, the area is<br />
visited by many day trippers and the village can hold up to 2,000 people during the day. As the spring does<br />
not have sufficient water in the summer time, water from the lake is used as well. The “solution” that<br />
Liqenas found last summer for the summer time was to implement a supply schedule and to fill up first the<br />
tanks with drinking water from the wells and afterwards to pump water for non-drinking purpose from the<br />
lake into the system. It was said that the drinking water supply system was financed by ADF/KfW. Also<br />
Goricë e vogël gets water from the lake and from wells.<br />
According to the Local Development Plan Liqenas (2008), only one village called Lajthizia gets its drinking<br />
water just from a spring as many drinking water sources in the mountains were drying out in the last years.<br />
Therefore, all the other villages get their water partly from the lake. In some villages, the amount of<br />
supplied water does not cover the basic needs and 84 % of the population is dissatisfied or very dissatisfied<br />
with the water supply. The Local Development Plan also mentions the uncontrolled dumping of waste due<br />
to missing collection in most villages as a reason of environmental pollution affecting the (drinking) water<br />
quality.<br />
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