The State of Water in Kosovo, 2010

Raport• Construction of houses, roads and bridges in places that are threatened byfloods;• Dumping of waste into or around the rivers;• Cutting of forest near flooding areas;• Poor maintenance of flood protection facilities;According to the assessments carried out so far( Water Master Plan 1983), the damagesfrom flooding may be calculated if taken into account the occurrence of floods once in 100years. According to this kind of estimation, damages from flooding in the Drini i BardhëRiver basin would be 50%, in the Ibri River basin of the 24%, in Lepenci Basin 20% and inthe Morava e Binçës basin 6%. In order to preventing the floods, projects for river bedsrehabilitation are developed.According to previous observations, the length of rivers threatened by flooding in Kosovo isabout 491 km. So far, have been regulated only 140 km, or 28% of total planned length forregulation 40 .In the following table are presented data on the length of the river beds to be regulated andriver beds already regulated, by river basins.Table 29: Length of rehabilitated river beds and those planed for rehabilitation, by river basinsNr.rn.Water streamLength planed forrehabilitation [km]Length regulated[km][%]1 Morava e Binçës 30.35 22.15 73.00Branches of Morava së Binçës 56.45 24.10 42.69Total 86.80 46.25 52.282 Sitnica 62.37 43.00 68.94Branches of Sitnica 141.73 16.70 18.83Total 203.10 59.70 29.393 Ibri 7.70 4.50 58.44Branches (Lushta) 2.60 0.85 32.69Total 10.30 5.35 51.944 Drini i Bardhë 76.56 13.40 17.50Branches of Drini i Bardhë 97.07 12.92 13.39Total 168.63 26.32 15.605 Lepenci 5.0 - 00.00Branches of Lepenci 17.50 2.80 16.00Total 22.50 2.80 12.44Σ Total 492.33 140.92 28.6240 Water Department, 200976120 © Agjencia e Kosoves per Mbrojtjen e Mjedisit