Group Members: Visar Xhambazi, Valon Hasanaj, Samet Maloku, Ermira Birinxhiku, Vjendita Hoxha Atlant Rexhaj, Lyra Himaduma

River Pollution in Kosovo

Avdullahi, S., Fejza.I., Tmava, A., (4 Novemeber, 2011) Protecting Water Resources from Pollution in the Lake Batllava, Retrieved: 9 October, 2012, from http://elearning.just.edu.jo/jjce/issues/paper.php?p=2415.pdf

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GIS Section of Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning. (June 2002). Provisional institutions of self-government. Prishtine, Kosova: UNMIK.

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Hammer, Cliff, (19 March 2007) Kosovo: Water Resources Management, Retrieved: 08 October, 2010, from http://www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/news/2007/03/snews687424

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OSCE. (2008). Water supply issues in kosovo. Retrieved from http://waterwiki.net/images/f/f9/Water_supply_issue_in_kosovo-osce.pdf
This Research Paper written by the OSCE´s Monitoring Department deals with the Water supply issues that are present in Kosovo. It tells about water shortages that exists in Kosovo, as no household is provide with water for 24 hours, and it talks about the water management problems that exist. The article also deals with the future competences for water management and supply, including the financial and political problems that regard the realization of these projects. The article is originally written in eglish.

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Portali Qendra.info © (2011). Kosova, tepër e ndotur për të jetuar. Retrieved 09 October, 2012 from http://www.qendra.info/aktualitet/kronike/13904-kosova-teper-e-ndotur-per-te-jetuar.html

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Shumë prej lumenjve të vendit ndoten nga derdhjet industriale që bëhen pa asnjë kriter, duke i degraduar ata nga klasa e dytë, në atë të tretë dhe katërt.73 për qind e popullatës së vendit ka qasje në ujësjellës publik, kurse rreth 58.4 për qind e resurseve ujore vijnë nga akumulacionet artificiale.

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Rexhepi, F., Rugova, A., Arbneshi, T. (2010). **Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Ibër River* **{}Sediment{}*. Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia: BALWOIS. Retrieved in September 16, 2011, from* http://balwois.com/balwois/administration/full_paper/ffp-1681.pdf _ _
This research paper written by Fatos Rexhepi, Ardian Rugova, and Tahir Arbneshi in English was intended to determine the quantity of lead, cadmium, copper and zinc in the sediment of the Ibër River as well as identification of the potential pollutants of this water. The authors conducted this study by the side of Department of Technology and the Department of Chemistry in University of Prishtina in 25, 29 May 2010.
This article written by Rexhepi, Rugova, and Arbneshi, contains a research over the heavy metal pollution in the aqua system, specifically in the Iber River. This river is a subject to this kind of pollution being very close to the major mines of lead and zinc in Zvecan and Mitrovica. The result from the research, which included an experiment of the water composition, showed that Iber contains copper, zinc, cadmium and increasing quotes of lead. This research gives data in one of the major environment related issue - that is water pollution. Thus it can be very useful in backing up the arguments over the water pollution in Kosovo.

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