Water
Should water be a constitutional category?
Serbia already legally protects water, but does not explicitly mention it in the Constitution
The Army of Serbia
Members of the Serbian Army are helping the population threatened by the prolonged drought
Members of the Serbian Armed Forces with water tankers are engaged in stabilizing hydrological conditions and supplying water
Water and the Constitution
Ecological uprising: To make water a constitutional category
There is unofficial information that 80 percent of water resources are in the hands of foreign companies that freely dispose of them, without any possibility for citizens to influence it, says Danijela Nestorović, MP of the Ecological Uprising.
Cacak
There is water in Čačak, but it is not drinkable yet
It is water for sanitary needs which is of good quality, but for use as drinking water it must be approved by the Institute for Public Health
Water
RTS: The supply of technical water in Čačak is being stabilized
After two days of total suspension of water supply, Čačak received technical water late on Friday evening
Water quality
Statistics say that the drinking water in Serbia is good: Is it like that everywhere?
Statistics say that Serbia has good drinking water, but in some places the tap water is full of arsenic. Certain places in Vojvodina have been waiting for a solution to the problem for decades, and Bojan Simišić from "Eco straža" tells "Vreme" that one of the key problems is prevention, which the state does not deal with enough
Vodosnabdevanje
Interruption of water supply to Vračar: When and in which streets?
Works on flushing the water network will be carried out every night from December 1 to 5, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., and will cover different parts of the municipality of Vračar
Novi Sad
On the anniversary of the tragedy, a large part of Novi Sad remained without water
A large part of Novi Sad remained without water for five hours on the day when a large commemorative meeting was held in that city on the occasion of the fall of the canopy. The mayor of Novi Sad claims that there was no water for one hour and that it is a lie that it was intentional.
Zrenjanin
The polluted water guild in Zrenjanin: Who will pay for two lost decades?
Despite the claims of the local authorities that the water in their town is finally correct after two decades, the people of Zrenje only partially believe it
Water
Belgrade public fountains: Only one has spring water that is safe to drink
Only one of 34 fountains with spring water in Belgrade has water suitable for drinking
Water
New economy: In three summer months, more than 100 locations in Serbia are without water
In Serbia, there is a general belief that people in villages drink clean water, while in reality the situation is the opposite - villages are the first to run out of water and the last to get it.
Vodosnabdevanje
Čačak and Gornji Milanovac were without water on Tuesday due to a pipeline failure
Due to the repair of a serious fault on the main pipeline, Čačak and Gornji Milanovac will be without water on Tuesday
Rivers
Low water level of the Danube: Water supply could be threatened
The water level of the Danube is particularly low from Bezdan station, on the border with Hungary, to Novi Sad. Downstream, the situation is a shade better
KiM
"Noje Zircher Zeitung" about the explosion in Kosovo: There is no evidence for anything
Prishtina and Belgrade accuse each other of sabotage on the Ibar-Lepenac canal, which is crucial for water supply. However, there is no evidence for the claims of either side, according to the Swiss newspaper "Noye Zircher Zeitung".
Public enterprises
The water supply in Nis lost more than half of the water produced last year
In its report on the operations of PUK "Naissus" Niš for the year 2023, the State Audit Institution (DRI) pointed out a number of irregularities in the work of this utility company
Ecology
Tailings in Kriva Feja: Does it endanger Vranjska Banja and Vranje?
Drinking water, which is already becoming a strategic resource and for which wars will be fought in the future in Serbia, is being mercilessly polluted, warns the Ecological Uprising
Natural resources - water
Serbian well diggers
In Belgrade, water supply is solved in a combined manner - about 3427 liters of water used every second is underground water, while 3460 liters comes from rivers. Such a balanced relationship is not present in the rest of Serbia, where as many as 18900 liters came from underground sources, 3065 from reservoirs, and 4880 from river flows. This means that more than 70 percent of the water supply relies on groundwater. Since the issue of groundwater quality has been better and more closely monitored, there has been a shift in its quality in the European Union. In Serbia, unfortunately, the situation is different
Consequences of drought
Still, still Ibar water: Waiting for heavier rains
The situation is slowly returning to normal, not to the extent it should, but when the water started flowing again down the dry stones and the watercourse, somehow life returned to Ibar, says Mersad Kachapor of the "Help" Mountain Center from Tutin
A global problem
The Struggle for Urban Water: How Cities Around the World Are Fighting Shortages
As cities around the world face water supply challenges due to population growth and climate change, various strategies from conservation to rainwater harvesting and resource protection are becoming the key to a sustainable future
Right to water
We have a problem with water: Serbia wastes one Zlatarsko lake every year
Dozens of municipalities in Serbia are left without drinking water every summer. Water pipes are ancient, and water is increasingly a commodity for profit. That is why, the interlocutors of "Vremen" fear, soon the whole of Serbia could be like Zrenjanin
Dissipation
Water shortages: When the state doesn't care, neither do the citizens
There is a shortage of water throughout the country, and as "Vreme" investigates, there are often burst pipes, breakdowns in water supply networks and other problems for which the institutions are responsible. However, how responsible are we as a society for the current situation, i.e. the careless consumption of water?
Water restrictions
Gornji Milanovac: The driver of the drinking water tanker was attacked
During the delivery of drinking water in Gornji Milanovac, the tanker driver was attacked. That's why the communal workers held a warning strike. "Verbal violence is reflected in cursing, filming and calling with derogatory names, threats, curses"
Current issues
Water supply: Huge consumption, ancient pipes, breakdowns, and there are also thefts
"Vreme" asked local water supply companies throughout Serbia how the water supply is going during this intense heat. The answers about the state of the water supply system are partly devastating
Drought
Majdanpek without water: Alarming situation due to dry Pek
There is no water in Majdanpek and the village of Debeli Lug. Vodovod says that the interruption of the water supply was the only way to refill the reservoirs, they expect that from tomorrow the situation will be "a little more favorable". The hospital is also threatened
Personal attitude
Rebalancing of Belgrade's budget: Patching holes and raising loans
Instead of rebalancing the budget, for example, solving the problem of GSP's debt of 4,9 billion dinars, that problem is now deepening, since the second decision adopted by the Parliament deprived GSP of profitable lines that travel to Surčin and handed over to private carriers