The Director of the Regional Waterworks of the Montenegrin Coast, Josip Đurašković, together with his colleagues, today hosted the members of the Parliamentary Committee for Tourism, Agriculture, Ecology and Spatial Planning at the Bolje Sestre water source, who, within their competences, undertook activities related to the collection of information on the current problem of devastation the bed of the Morača river and endangering the Bolje sestre water source from which all six municipalities of the Montenegrin littoral are supplied with water.
The parliamentary delegation was led by the chairman of the Committee for Tourism, Agriculture, Ecology and Spatial Planning, Dragan Krapović, as well as members Predrag Sekulić, Danijela Đurović, Jelena Božović, Bogdan Fatić, Suada Zoronjić, and the secretary of the Committee, Milena Kapa and advisor Marija Perović.
The Committee for Tourism, Agriculture, Ecology and Spatial Planning in the Assembly has scheduled a control hearing of the Minister of Ecology, Spatial Planning and Urbanism, Ratko Mitrović, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Aleksandar Stijović and the executive director of the company Regionalni Vodvodac Crnogorsko Primorje Budva, Josip Đurašković, in order to to familiarize this Committee in detail with the activities and measures implemented by the competent ministries to prevent further illegal exploitation of gravel and sand from the Morača riverbed, as well as the measures implemented by the Regional Waterworks to protect and stop the further decline in the yield of the Bolje sestre water source, and the plans that the competent ministries and this company intends to implement in the following period in connection with the resolution of the aforementioned issues.
The Management of the Regional Waterworks, upon request, submitted a detailed report to the members of the Board before the visit, i.e. information about the threat of the Bolje sestre spring, as well as the activities that this company undertook to solve the problem of the drop in yield of the spring in the previous period, together with the Study that was prepared for these needs.
The members of the Committee first visited the wider area of the second source protection zone, i.e. the lower course of the Morača River, where the illegal exploitation of gravel and sand is carried out, which has been scientifically determined to indirectly, along with climate change, greatly affect the decline in the yield of the source.
Also, the delegation is aware that any activities within the protection zones represent an additional risk of potential endangerment of water sources, which may indirectly have a negative impact on the water supply of the Montenegrin coast in the coming period.
During the visit, the members of the Board visited the water intake, the laboratory where daily and periodic measurements and analyzes of the captured water are carried out, as well as the machine plant for water production at Bolji Sestra, where director Đurašković and technical director Ivan Špadijer, together with their colleagues, gave them additional information. about the history, technical characteristics and way of functioning of the system, supervision and control of distribution, challenges faced by the Regional Waterworks due to the drop in the yield of the source, as well as data from the study of monitoring and protection of the source of Bolje Sestre (Geoprojekt consortium, within which additional scientific investigative works and tests to determine the reasons for the decline in yield and the precise definition of the boundaries of the catchment area and the III source protection zone, as well as plans for overcoming this risk in business. Also, all additional questions that the members of the Board asked during the tour were exhaustively answered in a live dialogue.
At the end, the delegation watched a presentation on the activities of the Regional Waterworks to solve the problem of endangerment of the Bolje Sestre water source and the plans for the construction of a plant on Bolje Sestre for purifying additional quantities of water that would be captured from the immediate surroundings of the source, in order to overcome the potential risk of lack of water for supply of the Montenegrin coast, especially during the summer season.
The members of the Board expressed their willingness to engage as much as possible within their competences regarding all issues of importance for the further survival of the regional water supply system of the Montenegrin littoral and to provide full support to the Regional Water Supply, in order to eliminate as soon as possible all factors and risks that may have far-reaching consequences. consequences for the operations of this company, and thus for the overall economic development of Montenegro, which largely relies on investments in tourism, as well as income from this economic branch, which makes up 25 percent of Montenegro's GDP.
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