The State of Water in Kosovo, 2010

Gjendja e Ujërave në Kosovë8. GENERAL ASPECTS ON WATERMANAGEMENT8.1 WATER PERMITS• Under the Water Law, the Water Permit is required for:• water abstraction;• wastewater discharge;• construction, reconstruction or demolition of structures if such affect waterregime;• mining activities and geological works which affect the water regime;• extraction of sand, gravel, stones and clay: and• other activities that may affect the water regime.Water permit is not required for:• Using the wells (excluding artery wells), springs, cisterns and familiar facilitiesfor the supply of one household with drinking water;• Fire extinguishing and undertaking of urgent sanitary measures or othermeasures in general emergency cases.Water Permits are issued depending on the requirements of the Ministry of Environmentand Spatial Planning and the relevant municipality.The MESP issues permits for water facilities, plants and works for 46 :o Objects in which the technological process use or create radioactive substances;o Hydropower plants, thermal power plants, heating with installed power of higherthan 5 MGW;o water system facilities which are administered by the Government of Kosovo incoordination with other authorities;o Construction of facilities for water protection, sewerage and water treatment plantsfor two or more municipalities;o Construction of oil pipelines, gas pipelines, and other conductivity systems thatcross Kosovo’s border or the region of the river basin;o Construction of water accumulations in two or more municipalities andaccumulations affecting the territory of another country;o Construction of facilities for interstates water stream transfer, or from a river basinto another;o Construction of water protection facilities in interstates water streams;o Construction of facilities for the use of surface or underground mineral resources inthe territory of two or more municipalities, respectively near the interstate rivers;o Construction of facilities for disposal of solid, liquid and sterile wastes and of46 The Administrative Instruction on content, form, conditions and the procedure of issuing and maintaining thewater permit© Agjencia e Kosoves per Mbrojtjen e Mjedisit109120