The impact of Municipal Waste Water in Neredime River, Kosovo

Today, environmental protection is of great concern in Kosovo. Almost all waste water effluents from the localities are discharging in surface water and groundwater without being significantly treated deterioning water quality in Kosovo’s rivers. The aim of this paper is to analyze the level of pollution in the Neredime river created from municipal wastewater as well as to identify pollutants and their impact on the river. An attempt has been made to present the situation of the waters defining physicochemical water qualities of Neredime river from the source to the outskirts of town in the south-west of Ferizaj; this includes 5 (five) stations in different seasons. Determining the level of pollution is made using twelve physicochemical parameters such as: Temperature, Turbidity, pH value, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Potassium Permanganate Demand, Chlorures, Ammonia, Nitrites, Nitrates, Iron, Manganese and Conductivity. Rating curves were drawn on the basis of results obtained in the laboratory for each parameter. The arguments have been used to classify the water quality in each of the study areas. According to the results of laboratory analysis of the samples taken, it is appearant that the river water shows major water quality changes from the source to the outskirts of town. It was observed that the values of physico-chemical parameters exceeded the tolerable limits at almost every station. This may be due to the high impact of human activities, unprotected areas along the river and direct discharge of municipal effluent which may include other individual pollutants. The river autopurification ability is low, especially during the summer when the pollution level is greater while the amount of river flow is low