Water in Pristina

Pristina, the capital city of Kosovo, is one of the municipalities with the most severe water shortages in the country.

[2] As such, the authorities have increased their efforts to remedy the situation and to make sure that such crises do not hit the city again.

The current mayor of Pristina, Shpend Ahmeti, is actively searching for alternative water resources.

According to hydro geologists the valley could be a subject of study for recognizing and utilizing new water resources.

[6] Pristina started to be supplied with water, which was mainly coming from Germia and Kolevica resources (wells), at a very early period of time.

The water was mainly coming from the reservoir of Batllava and underground resources of Kosovo Polje and Obilić.

[7] Since the end of the Kosovo War (1998–99), the “Regional Water Company Batllava” underwent some changes.

[7] Presently, it supplies Pristina, Gračanica, Kosovo Polje, Obiliq, Lipjan, Shtime, Drenas, and Podujevë municipalities with water.

[8] In general, Kosovo is considered to have good tap water quality which also includes Pristina as one of its most developed cities.

[17][18] Kosovo has a continental climate, which is characterized by warm summers and relatively cold and snowy winters.

As a result, the people of Pristina and nearby areas risk being left with no water supply.

The downside of using this measurement method to approximate the technical losses of water stands in the fact that the non-revenue water, apart from leakages that happen throughout the system, also takes into account the illegal connections on the system which represent commercial losses.

Phase two aims to continue upgrading pipe infrastructure to inhibit water loss in five Pristina neighborhoods.

A study that costs approximately €150,000 was initially conducted in order to test the viability of this phase.

[22][23] Due to the water crisis that has hit Pristina, both municipal and central authorities are making efforts to improve the situation.

Recently, three new wells were dug successfully in the Germia Park which are expected to improve the situation.

The municipality of Pristina has planned to clean up these wells in conjunction with the regional water company.

[5] The wells in village Llukar are being functionalized and are expected to increase the water level in Lake Batllava.