Podujeva Municipality 2012/2017 ...for my city! Local Environmental Action Plan Local Environmental Action Plan 2012/2017 Podujeva Municipality Local Environmental Action Plan 2012/2017 The project was finance by: Swedish Agency for International Development and cooperation. Project implementation was supported by: MESP and MLGA This project was implemented by: Regional Environmental Centre, REC – Office in Kosovo. 4 REC Podujeva Municipality CONTENT What is REC? ...............................................................................................................................8 Introduction by the Mayor .........................................................................................................9 Vocabulary of abbreviations ...................................................................................................10 The main stakeholders and responsibilities of the LEAP ..................................................11 I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................15 Legal obligations for drafting LEAP .....................................................................................15 The aim of Local Environmental Action Plan is to:............................................................15 Methodology for preparation of LEAP ................................................................................16 The document was drafted on three main bases:..................................................................17 I. MUNICIPALITY PROFILE ..............................................................................................19 1.1 Short background ...............................................................................................................19 1.2 GEOGRAPHIC POSITION ..........................................................................................19 1.3 CLIMATE.............................................................................................................................20 1.4 DEMOGRAPHY ...............................................................................................................20 1.5 NATURAL ASSETS .........................................................................................................21 1.5.1 Minerals .............................................................................................................................21 1.5.2 Forests ...............................................................................................................................21 1.5.3 Agricultural land ..............................................................................................................21 1.5.4 Water sources ...................................................................................................................22 1.6 ECONOMY ........................................................................................................................23 1.6.1 Industry .............................................................................................................................23 1.6.2 Agriculture .........................................................................................................................23 1.6.3 Electric energy .................................................................................................................27 1.6.4 Tourism and hotel industry ............................................................................................27 1.6.5 Private business ................................................................................................................29 1.7 INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES ......................................................................29 1.7.1 Water supply and sewage ................................................................................................29 1.7.2 Waste management ..........................................................................................................30 1.7.3 ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ................31 Road infrastructure .........................................................................................................31 5 Podujeva Municipality REC Local Environmental Action Plan 2012/2017 1.7.4 Public lighting ..................................................................................................................33 1.7.5 Telecommunication services and media ......................................................................33 1.8. SOCIAL SERVICES ........................................................................................................33 1. 8.1 Education ......................................................................................................................33 1.8.2 Healthcare..........................................................................................................................34 1.8.3 CULTURE YOUTH AND SPORTS ..........................................................................35 1. 8. 4 Cultural and Historic Heritage ....................................................................................35 II. SITUATION OF ENVIRONMENT ..............................................................................37 2. 1 AIR MANAGEMENT .....................................................................................................37 2. 1. 1 Stationed emissions........................................................................................................37 2.1.2 Mobile emissions ..............................................................................................................37 2.1.3 Quality of air ....................................................................................................................38 2.1.4 Identification of problems and recommendations ....................................................38 2.2 WATER MANAGEMENT ..............................................................................................38 2.2.1 Drinking water supply .....................................................................................................38 2.2.2 Quality of drinking water and monitoring ..................................................................39 2.2.3 Demand for drinking water ...........................................................................................39 2.2.4 Potential for enlargement of current capacities of water supply ............................39 2.2.5 Waste water management (Urban and industrial)........................................................39 Management of waste waters –recommendations ...............................................................41 2.2.6 Quality of river water and level of contamination .....................................................41 2.3 WASTE MANAGEMENT ..............................................................................................43 2.3.1 Urban waste ......................................................................................................................43 2.3.2 Formal and informal landfills ........................................................................................43 2.4 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE ..........................................................44 2.4.1 Municipal spatial planning...............................................................................................44 2.4.2 Land as spatial medium ..................................................................................................46 2.4.3 Agriculture .......................................................................................................................47 2.4.4 Informal settlements .......................................................................................................47 2.4.5 Recommendations ............................................................................................................47 III. BIODIVERSITY AND NATURAL HERITAGE ......................................................51 3.1 Biodiversity ..........................................................................................................................51 3.2 Natural heritage....................................................................................................................52 6 REC Podujeva Municipality Local Environmental Action Plan 2012/2017 Five main problems in your Municipality that are related to environment? .....................55 VI.Action plan–Priority projects .............................................................................................57 VI. ACTION PLAN..................................................................................................................63 Land Management, Biodiversity ..............................................................................................63 Management of sewage waters ................................................................................................68 Management of potable water .................................................................................................74 Waste management ....................................................................................................................78 7 Podujeva Municipality REC What is REC? Regional Environmental Centre (REC) is the International Organizations neutral, non-advocat- ing and non-profit organization, which supports the resolution of the environmental