Due to tourists and drought, less water for Barane

Part of Sutomore does not have water overnight, and part of the residents of Šušanj only have running water for a few hours a day

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Faucets dry for hours, Photo: Marija Pešić
Faucets dry for hours, Photo: Marija Pešić
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Barani who live in different settlements have problems with water supply, so a part of Sutomore does not have water overnight, and a part of the inhabitants of Šušanj only have running water for a few hours a day. The Bar Waterworks say that the disruption in the water supply was caused by the large number of tourists and the drought.

A woman from Šušanka who lives in Jadranska Street told "Vijesti" that they have water for a few hours a day, and only sometimes, even though they pay their bills regularly. She claims that investors and housing developers who have swimming pools in the street below them do not have problems with water.

"We call them every day and they claim that the problem is with some pumps, that they are overloaded. When they left us without water for a whole week, my husband went to Vodovod to complain, and then they released it to us for a few hours, and after that everything was the same," she said.

She added that she does not understand how tourists and accommodation providers have primacy over the locals. About 150 Barans live in her street and they all have the same problem. According to her, no one pays attention to them because they are not "interesting enough". As she said, they are thinking of blocking the main road, like the people of Crmnič, because it seems to them that there is no other way to draw attention to this problem.

"We go to Topolica to fill water bottles, pour water, so that we can survive this period. There are days when we don't even have water to wash our hands. I know through my neighbors that the price of a cubic meter of water is 30 euros, which many of them cannot afford in the amount they need, nor do they have a cistern. She assessed that this is a sign for the city of Bar and the settlement located two kilometers from the center.

The residents of Sutomore, who addressed the editorial office, have a similar problem, claiming that they have no water overnight, and that they were told by the Waterworks that the pumps are not working and that the pool is empty, and that they should be patient because it will be like this until the end of the season.

However, the Bar Water and Sewerage Department told "Vijesta" that all the pumps are working, as well as that the facilities in the hinterland at the sources of Velje oko and Orahovo polje are fully utilized, and that the capacities are fully functional and put into operation.

"However, due to the large number of tourists and thus the increased number of users during the summer months, there is a significant increase in water consumption, especially in the afternoon hours, which has a direct consequence in the disruption of water supply for some users in a certain part of the day, especially in tourist settlements". they pointed out.

They added that precipitation in Bar has not been recorded in the last two months, so such unfavorable hydrological conditions marked by a dry period have led to a significant reduction in yield at local sources, which are at the very minimum. They reminded that the previous year there was heavy rainfall, even during the summer season.

They continue to witness, they emphasized, the irrational and inappropriate use of drinking water.

"Therefore, we hereby once again appeal to the users of our services to show a high degree of social responsibility and use water conscientiously and rationally, and only for basic life and hygiene needs, so as not to cause major problems in the functioning of the water supply system, especially taking into account the very high temperatures that have been recorded in recent days", said the Bar Waterworks.

On this occasion, Barani addressed the Regional Waterworks.

The Bar Waterworks and Sewerage said that larger quantities of water were taken from the Regional Waterworks system - according to the contract with this company, for the month of July we committed to a minimum quantity of 75 liters per second, for August 95 liters, and they are already taking about 160 liters in seconds to meet the needs of users, which is 65 liters more than the contracted quantity.

"We would also like to note that the quantities currently taken from the Regional Water Supply system are significantly higher compared to the same period of the previous year when we took about 105 liters per second. Given that even that was not enough for a stable water supply to the city during the day, yesterday we sent a request to the Regional Water Supply for an additional increase of 10 liters, which they were not able to provide us at the requested time, and this tells us that the next increases will from this company is evidently a problem", they said.

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