The controls of water quality conducted earlier this month showed that water quality in the Ohrid Lake is of first i.e. second class, which is within the allowable standards.
At the today’s press conference at the Center for Public Health in Ohrid was noted that the analysis performed on 21 water sample taken from the lake at St. Naum to Radozda, at the Macedonian part of the lake, proved that the water at the eastern part of the coast is of first class, while water is of second class at places near cities and places where are flowing in tributaries to the lake basin, which remain further as biggest polluters.
- The water in rivers Koselska, Sateska and Velgoska remain unfavorable for the quality of the water in the lake i.e. all three rivers have water that belong to the third class, which is not in accordance with the standards of the Regulation on classification of waters, said Sasho Tochkov from Center for Public Health in Ohrid.
Tochkov said that are obvious indicators that the lake continues to be loaded with organic matter and contamination from the tributaries to the lake basin.
As for the water quality water from rural water systems, the lack of water disinfection or chlorination of water remains a problem.
- In most of the rural water supply systems it is problem of lack of sanitizer which is potential danger for pollution and major health effects over people who daily use that water, said Tochkov.
Over the next month and early May, it will be conducted quality control of all public water fountains in the region of Ohrid to determine the condition given the expected heavy rain in the coming period as well as the melting of snow on the mountains, which certainly affect the quality of water from underground sources.
