New water resources and protection of existing ones

Kosovo has a serious lack of water, while lacking effective protection of current resources, said Baton Begoli, who is adviser to the Interministerial Council for Water.

According to Beglo, it is a need to develop new resources, while the current ones are protected from pollution, uncontrolled exploitation and construction in protected water zones, writes today “Koha Ditore”.

Kosovo has a lack of water available. If we compare them to accumulates in the region, the accumulate in Kosovo is 290 cubic metres per resident, while in the region there are 696 -- nearly triple” -- he has said. “This indicates that there is not enough water available, but it also shows that we must protect what we have. The need for the development of new water resources is highlighted here, but it also emphasizes the protection of these. Protected from pollution, misuse, mismanagement and mismanagement”.

Begolli, in an interview for the newspaper “Koha Ditore”, has also spoken of the effect of hydro power plants in the environment, the destruction of rivers' ecosystem from exhumation of gravel, avoidance of tax payment from water hosters, and severe water loss until it reaches the consumer.