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Water Resources in Kosovo: Challenges and Strategies for Sustainable Management

Explore the water resources situation in Kosovo, including river basins, precipitation data, population overview, and groundwater resources. Learn about ongoing monitoring activities, priorities, and future plans for improved water management.

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Water Resources in Kosovo: Challenges and Strategies for Sustainable Management

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  1. MINISRTY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SPATIAL PLANNINGBALWOIS Conference, Ohrid, Macedonia – 25 / 29 MajWATER RESOURCES IN KOSOVADr. sc. Sabri AVDULLAHI,Prof.Dr.sc. Style TAHIRSYLA, Mrs.. Islam Fez, ing.dip. Afrim SYLAPrishtine, KOSOVAemail: sabri_622@hotmail

  2. WATER DEPARTMENT • DIVISION FOR RESOURCES MANAGEMENT -water-flow management unit -unit for protection from negative impact of waters -unit for protection and control of water quality • DIVISION FOR RIVER BASIN COORDINATION -unit for Drini i Bardhe basin -unit for Iber, Morava e Bincit, and Lepenci basin • DIVISION FOR WATER POLICY -Analysis and strategic planning unit -Economic cooperation, development and budget -information system unit and water data

  3. RIVER BASIN IN KOSOVA • Kosova has surface of 10.887 km2. -The western part of Kosova belongs to the Drini i Bardh river basin. Precipitation varies from 600 1.400 mm/a. Temperature 11-120C -The east part of Kosova belongs to the Iber and the Morava e Binçit river basin. Annual precipitation is mainly less 700mm, but in same areas it is 900mm. Temperature 11-120C. -In southern Kosova the Lepenci river belongs to Axios river basin. The annual rainfall is 670- 1000mm/a • Kosova lines an the highlands (500 – 600m above sea level) surrounded by the mountains reaching the altitude of more than 2000m. • The total 2002 population was believed to have been slightly around 2.4 million.

  4. FOUR RIVER BASIN IN KOSOVA Table 1.

  5. Rivers, lakes and reservoirs -Even the main rivers relatively small and the originate from the nearby mountains. The Drini i Bardh (MQ=60 m3/s ) in the western part of Kosova flows to the south to the north Albania and the Ibar (MQ=33 m3/s ) and the Morava e Binçit (MQ=33 m3/s ) flow to the north to Serbia. The Lepenci flows to the southeast to Macedonia. -There are practically no natural lakes in Kosova. Five reservoirs have been constructed with the maximal capacity 568 million m3 .These reservoirs serve water supply, irrigation fishery and recreation and flood protection. Altogether 52 more reservoirs have been identified, but only 26 of them seem to be feasible. Groundwater resources -Rocks of the western and eastern part of Kosova are different. The western part consists of pours rock and there is spring and ground water available and it can be exploited. In the eastern part rocks and sediments are more impermeable and groundwater cannot be easily exploited. WATER RESOURSE

  6. MONITORING WATER RESOURCES There have been several rainfall observations stations in Kosova earlier. Before the conflict there were also 32 hydrological stations covering about 300km2 of the country. The Hydro-Meteorological Institute is responsible for developing the monitoring network • Weather Observations • Water flow and water quantity monitoring • Effluent monitoring (sewage and industrial) • Agro metric observations • Air pollution monitoring • Soil monitoring

  7. ONGOING ACTIVITIES HMI KOSOVA • Regular basic water flow monitored at 20 locations • Regular basic water quality parameters monitored at 22 locations (EU normativ)

  8. Rainfall stations -75 rainfall stations -13 software stations • Air monitoring at 9 locations • Meteorological observations at 4 stations • Soil monitoring (Mitrovica and Obiliq)

  9. METEOROLOGICAL STATION

  10. PRIORITIES OF HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE • Cooperation with neighbouring countries over transfer of information - hydrometric data - water balance information - waters quality - for floods - harmonisation of methods for water resources • Improvement of transboundary water quality through waster water treatment plans

  11. CONCLUSION • Kosova has been classified as one the water-poor areas of Europe and water unevenly distributed. • There is no reliable information about the present state of water resources and water use in Kosova. • Water resources are relatively small in Kosovo, compared to population and arable land. • During the growing season ( June-July), water use for irrigation is high, but flows in rivers are nearly at their minimum. • Good quality ground or spring water resources are unevenly distributed (mainly in the western part) and are only partly available for water supply. • Protection from water pollution and uncontrolled use of water is very important for the future of Kosova.

  12. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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