The supply of drinking water in the area of the City of Ljubljana is not at risk even during these hot and dry summer days, but we still urge users to use water reasonably and responsibly.

The period with a lower amount of precipitation than the average of previous years continued from last fall into this year's spring and summer. As the amount of precipitation decreases, the underground water levels in shallow sand and gravel aquifers and the flows of springs and watercourses, which are the source of drinking water, also decrease.

Even in the most abundant sources of drinking water, which are managed by the public company JP VOKA SNAGA, that is, in the aquifers of the Ljubljana Field, the Ljubljana Marshes and the Sora Field, we are recording a decrease in groundwater levels. Regardless of the drop in groundwater levels expected to continue until autumn, there are sufficient available quantities, and so we do not expect that it would be necessary to limit the use of drinking water in the area of the City of Ljubljana in order to ensure uninterrupted supply.

Water is a precious source of life, that is why we urge citizens to use water reasonably and responsibly.

Protecting water sources

In Ljubljana and in the municipalities of Medvode and Vodice, we are implementing the Clean For You cohesion project for drainage and treatment of wastewater in the area of the Ljubljana Field aquifer, within the framework of which we are building a C0 connecting channel and the missing part of the sewerage system in the area of the City of Ljubljana. With this project, we will further secure drinking water sources in our area.

As part of the project, we are expanding the sewerage system on 261 streets, and over 22,000 residents will be newly connected to the public sewerage system. Before 2007, coverage of the sewage system was 68%, by the end of 2018, we increased it to 88%, while with the Clean for You project, we will raise it to as high as 98%. With this project, we will also be able to shut down 6,400 septic tanks, of which 4,500 are in Ljubljana and 1,900 in Medvode and Vodice, which lie upstream and the contents of the septic tanks drain downstream to us.