The State of Water in Kosovo, 2010

Gjendja e Ujërave në KosovëTable 16 . Sources of drinking water supply, daily and annual quantities (m³) 27Nr.Place of water abstractionAmount of used water[m³ / day]Amount of used water[m³ / year]Percentage[ % ]1 Natural sources 153.264 55.941.360 32.102 Reservoir 7.749 2.828.385 1.623 River 11.191 4.084.715 2.344 Lake (surface accumulation) 279.260 101.929.900 58.445 Wells 26.340 9.614.100 5.51Total 477.804 174.398.460 100The table shows that the largest amount of drinking water is used by surfaceaccumulations.Of the total amount of water produced by regional companies, 55.7 million m3/year isbilled to customers, while another amount of 71.6 million m3 (or 56%) is (lost) waterthat is not billed because of technical and administrative losses. The overall length ofwater supply network that is operated and maintained by RWCs is 3.357 km, while thesewerage system of wastewater is 938 km. As a result of high losses from the systemof water supply and because of insufficient production capacity, most of the RegionalWater Companies are unable to provide uninterrupted water supply to consumers.Thus, customers of the region of Mitrovica, Pristina, Gjilan and Ferizaj, face regularwater supply cuts, which cuts are more prevalent during summer months, when waterconsumption increases significantly.Commercial losses are also high, as a result of illegal connections, which are often dueto technically inappropriate connection problems. It also decreases the drinking waterquality.Other problems include: inadequate capacity to retrieve the water resources, nonrationalconsumption and large amount of losses in the network, old filtering andlimited capacity stations, lack of adequate urbanisation in the settlements, expansion ofwater supply system even if the water capacity is limited, lack of stimulating actions fordrinking water saving, lack of professional human resources for water management,etc.27 SHUKOS© Agjencia e Kosoves per Mbrojtjen e Mjedisit55120