Abstract
The area of Rijeka's water supply system belongs to karst which is featured with a significant underground water circulation, as well as with a high sensitivity to external influences such as water pollution. Abundant springs are the basis of water supply. The minimal spring abundance exceeds the water consumption for several times. The quality of water is good, supplying more than 200.000 residents of the Rijeka area, and since lately the northern part of Krk Island. The article studies the development of Rijeka's water supply system, with an emphasis on the water consumption and the level of water supply system's development in the last fifteen years. The data shows a high level of development of the water supply system. Lately there has been a decrease in water consumption in the researched area, particularly in economic sector due to many industries being shut down. Today approximately 2/3 of consumption accounts for households. In spite of redistribution of population within the researched area (the process of suburbanization) there was no significant decrease in water supply standard. Moreover, lately there have been considerable advances in reducing the losses in the water supply network.
Highlights
Contemporary water supply of the Rijeka area is based on the water supply system run by companies Komunalno društvo Vodovod and Kanalizacija d.o.o
The aim of this paper is to identify the dynamics of the contemporary development and the level of development of water supply system of Rijeka's area by applying the hydrogeographic methodology of analyzing the water supply of urban settlements (RIĐANOVIĆ, 1971, 1993)
The contemporary water supply of the area of Rijeka is based on the water supply system of the utility company Vodovod i kanalizacija d.o.o
Summary
Područje riječkoga vodoopskrbnog sustava pripada kršu za koji je značajno podzemno cirkuliranje vode, ali i velika osjetljivost na vanjske utjecaje, odnosno mogućnosti onečišćenja vode. Razmatra se razvoj riječkog vodovoda s naglaskom na potrošnju vode i razvijenost vodoopskrbnog sustava u posljednjih petnaestak godina. Unatoč redistribuciji stanovništva unutar istraživanog područja (proces suburbanizacije) nije došlo do značajnijeg pada vodoopskrbnog standarda. Abundant springs are the basis of water supply. The quality of water is good, supplying more than 200.000 residents of the Rijeka area, and since lately the northern part of Krk Island. There has been a decrease in water consumption in the researched area, in economic sector due to many industries being shut down. In spite of redistribution of population within the researched area (the process of suburbanization) there was no significant decrease in water supply standard. Općina Klana organizacijski pripada komunalnom sustavu grada Rijeke, ali se vodom opskrbljuje iz vodoopskrbnog sustava Ilirske Bistrice u susjednoj Republici Sloveniji.
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