Rainfall shortages called for water savings

Xhafa has said that all capacities are being exploited so that no one will miss the water.

“The level of acumulated lakes has dropped markedly due to lack of rainfall and levels are not satisfactory and are disturbing levels of our lakes and resources that we are exploiting, but despite this we are exploiting all our capacities so that no one can feel the lack of water and there has been the city of Lipjan until the beginning of the month that we are leaving supply shortages as a result of drought and some other problems that are fortunately managed with our teams to supply and today Lipjan has been supplied without interruptions and 24 hours as a city around the 141x> he said.

Xhafa has added that there is enough water in all of Pristina's neighbourhoods except when there are defects, or when water starts to be misused.

There's enough water in all the neighborhoods, and that's what you can guarantee, the supply is 24 hours in all the neighborhoods except when there's defects even our teams have to interfere or in extraordinary cases when consumption exceeds normal values when water starts being misused, whether it's water or washing roads, and it happens that some high points have to be lacking water. This is not our consequence that we interrupt treatment or interrupt supply, but it is the result of consumption outside normal lines from which they then suffer several consumers”, he added.

“We have a legal obligation according to the regulation approved by the regulatory authority for water, where water pressure at the water point at the key should be brought to the interval of 1.5 to 1.7 bars, which means that in some cases we pressure forward over 1.5 bars, but 1.5 bars do not guarantee that the supply reaches the floors of this”, he told EO.

He has appealed to all consumers to save water and to avoid misusing it, otherwise, these mistranslations will not be tolerated.

This is happening, unfortunately, especially in the weekend we left behind because temperatures have been relatively high for the season or the season we're going through and the abuses are evident because of the undictionors don't choose time and misuse even in time pandemics even outside the pandemic, but we're not going to tolerate these misuse”

Among other things, he has said that by law any person who abuses water is a criminal offense and could then be sentenced to up to three years in prison.

The law clearly defines any person who abuses water as a criminal offense and then could be sentenced to 3 years in prison and we won't spare anyone because we're doing our best to supply and we're going beyond our limit”, he says.

Xhafa said the staff is equipped with personal protective measures such as masks and gloves. Xhafa said some workers have been released from work because of their state of health.

We've released those with chronic diseases to go home, but the moment the inspectors get to work and the safety rates at work are respected by respecting even the aspect of social distance in order to protect the workers, but there will be no tolerance for the abusers”

“The staff has been equipped with personal protective gloves and protective and disinfectant masks, and we have also undertaken activities in which our objects, motor engines, have been disinfected. We will respect all legal norms for safety at work, including not only personal equipment but all elements involving security. Since Pristina is operating with its capacities in the administration part, we have reduced staff by respecting the public health institute recommendations while in operational areas of maintenance, but also in our management, our capacities are fully operational, and all employees are working 24 hours just to ensure that sufficient and quarrefiance”, Xhafa said.