The Journey of Establishing Groundwater Source Protection Zones in Kosovo on the Example of Lipjan/Lipljan Municipality

• Autorzy: Osmanaj Lavdim , Hajra Argjend , Berisha Afrim , de Beyer Thomas

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12912/27197050/134753

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In the past decade, the Rural Water and Sanitation Support Program in Kosovo (RWSSP) funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has significantly increased the access to public water supply of the rural population of Kosovo. Currently in Phase VI, the programme is supporting the regional water companies of Kosovo to protect the water resources used for public water supply. This article presents the programs phase VI output 2.5.1: improved water source protection. The programme started to support the first implementation of a ground water protection zone (locally called sanitary protection zone) in Kosovo according to laws and through a systematic process. This article describes the full process of establishing sanitary protection zones for public groundwater wells in Kosovo and reveals the technical and administrative challenges and lessons learned when doing so. The technical investigations require detailed surveys starting from geological, hydrogeological and morphological field work as well as monitoring of groundwater levels, realization of additional piezometers, calculation of hydrogeological parameters and several more. For the Lipjan well field, a hydrogeological computer model was established to understand groundwater flow and to delineate the three necessary groundwater source protection zones. The technical understanding further requires a pollution survey and water quality analysis.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

modflow; groundwater protection zones; hydrogeological modelling; processing modflow; Kosovo

• Wydawca: Lubelski Oddział Polskiego Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology ; WNGB Wydawnictwo Naukowe
• Czasopismo: Ecological Engineering & Environmental Technology
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 22, iss. 3
• Strony: 20--26
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 8 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Osmanaj Lavdim

• University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina” Faculty of Civil Engineering, Pristina, Kosovo

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7860-9110

autor

Hajra Argjend

• University of Mitrovica ”Isa Boletini” Mitrovica – Kosova Street Ukshin, Kovaçica 40000, Mitrovica, Kosovo

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5566-1055

autor

Berisha Afrim

• Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency, Rilindja Building XV/04, Str. Luan Haradinaj, 1000 Pristina, Kosovo

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5669-1136

autor

de Beyer Thomas

• Dorsch International Consultants GmbH, Munich, Germany

Bibliografia

• 1. Chiang, W.H., & Kinzelbach, W. 2001. 3D-groundwater modeling with PMWIN. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, Vol. 346, pp. 67744-5.
• 2. Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the Community action in the field of water policy.
• 3. Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 12. December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration.
• 4. Harbaugh, A.W., 2005, MODFLOW-2005, the U.S. Geological Survey modular ground-water model – the Ground-Water Flow Process: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6-A16. This report describes the theory and input instructions at the time of the initial MODFLOW-2005 v1.00 release.
• 5. Kinzelbach, W., & Rausch, R. 1995. Grundwassermodellierung.
• 6. MESP 2017. Administrative Instruction MESP-No. 15/2017 on Criteria of Determining the Sanitary Protection Zones for Water Resources.
• 7. Urban, W., Zimmermann, M. 2015. Wasserversorgung. In: Lecher, K. (Ed.). 2015. Taschenbuch der Wasserwirtschaft. Springer Vieweg.
• 8. ICMM 2006. Hydrogeological map of Kosovo. Independent Commission for Mines and Minerals, Kosovo.

Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).