Living Standards Measurements Study - Serbia 2002 - 2007

eported outbreaks of jaundice related to the
problem of contaminated wells. Waste water is
most of the time disposed in the ground, or in the
nearby waterways such as rivers or streams. Rural
households were disadvantaged both in terms of
connections to piped water and to waste water
systems.
Table 11.5. Whether residence is connected to a central piped sewerage system by region
Belgrade Vojvodina West Serbia Sumadija East Serbia SE Serbia
Yes 77.8 41.7 52.1 56.9 48.7 56.6
No 22.2 58.3 47.9 43.1 51.3 43.4
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
N=2744
11.11. Sanitation facilities
The type of toilet use by the household also
shows significant differences between type of
settlement and region. Nearly all homes in
Belgrade use a flush or pour flash toilet connected
to the sewerage system. In rural areas, on the other
hand, most toilets are connected to a septic tank and
over one fifth of households use a pit latrine. The
regional differences were significant; households in
Vojvodina relied heavily on septic tanks whereas in
the Belgrade area nearly 78 percent of households
had flush toilets connected to the central sewerage
system.
11.12. Sanitary and solid waste
management
Households using a cesspool or septic tank
were asked how the tank was emptied. Overall,
most households used a cleaner service to come and
empty the tank. In rural areas 7 percent of
households emptied it themselves. Residents of
East Serbia were most likely to empty it themselves
and least likely to pay for the service. The average
cost of the 580 households who paid to have the
tank emptied was 1 487 dinars (standard deviation
1 267 dinars).
Households with young children (aged less
than five years) were asked how they disposed of
their children’s waste. Most households reported
that they put the stools in the toilet or latrine (34
percent) followed by the child using the toilet
themselves (26 percent) and one fifth of respondents
reported throwing the waste into the garbage (22
percent).
When asked what they did to dispose of non
sanitary (solid) waste most respondents mentioned
they left it out for municipal water collectors (Table
6). Belgrade residents did not mention waste
disposal while those living in secondary towns and
rural areas did. Waste collectors’ involvement in
collecting the waste was the method most often
mentioned in secondary towns, while in rural areas
burning waste was the most often used method.
Table 11.6. Methods used to dispose of solid waster, number of mentions
Mentioned times
Waste collectors 1 593
Burn it 687
Neighbourhood collection and local disposal 267
Compost 126
Bury in yard 86
Water and Sanitation Services
159