A survey conducted by the non-governmental organization "Da zavivi selo" showed that as many as 77 percent of respondents, citizens of Pljevlja, think that the quality of drinking water from the city's water supply is bad, and 23 percent of them think that it is of good quality. None of the respondents stated that the water from the city water supply in Pljevlja is of excellent quality.
The survey was conducted on a sample of one hundred citizens of the northernmost Montenegrin municipality, as part of the project "Water protection of the upper course of the Ćehotina river".
Out of 100 respondents, 60 of them use water from the city water supply for drinking every day, 25 respondents occasionally, while 15 of them do not use water from the city water supply for drinking at all.
About 36 percent of respondents stated that they do not use drinking water even when it is officially safe for drinking, due to distrust in official reports on the safety of water from the city water supply.
Thirty-three percent of the surveyed citizens believe that there are no reasons not to use it, 31 percent of those surveyed believe that the reason for not using drinking water, even though it is officially correct, is the existence of taste, smell or color.
When asked to state the reasons why the quality of drinking water from the city's water supply is not better, most respondents (48) indicated that it was an insufficient way of purifying drinking water, an insufficient level of protection of water sources and water intakes, pollution of underground and surface water, large losses in the water supply system. to the network due to dilapidated infrastructure. Twelve of them cited the poor quality of water from water sources and water intakes as the reason.
Several interviewees stated that asbestos pipes significantly affect the poor quality of water in the city's water supply system.
When the water from the city water supply is not drinkable, the largest number of respondents, 71 of them, answered that they get bottled water from the store.
At the moment when the water from the city's water supply is not working, 28 citizens said that they bring drinking water from the fountain in the Vodice park, the spring at the monastery of the Holy Trinity 11, the spring in Odžak 7 and from other springs in the rural area 5.
The majority of respondents believe that the largest quantities of water for the water supply of Pljevlja come from the Otilovićko jezero reservoir, 53 of them, from Breznica 30 springs, Jugoštica 10 springs and Zmajevac 7 springs.
About 84 percent of those surveyed believe that preventive protection of catchment areas and water sources is mandatory and very important, 15 percent consider it important, and only one percent think it is not important.
Respondents believe that the biggest polluters of water sources and water intakes are: fecal sewage, wild landfills, mining, forest exploitation and traffic, agriculture, air pollution, all of which were mentioned by 4 respondents.
86 percent of respondents believe that Pljevlja has no alternative for water supply, 3 percent do not know and 11 percent believe that Pljevlja has an alternative for water supply. No one gave a concrete answer for an alternative water supply for citizens, and they would leave that to experts.
97 percent of respondents believe that the upper course of the Ćehotina River should be protected, while 3 percent disagree.
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