LOCAL GEOLOGY AS GUIDE TO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN KOSOVA
Research conducted over the summers of 2010 and 2011 indicate that most household wells can be rehabilitated for significant increases in water quality. However, the specific nature of groundwater mobility is controlled by fractures in the folded turbidite bedrock. Even after rehab, all wells are therefore not capable of supplying adequate quantity of potable water. Catchment systems and water cisterns are required in these cases. Some houses are set upon larger, flatter sections of land with relatively thick soil. These units are candidate for conventional septic system installation. Many other households are on steeper slopes, close to the stream, or without adequate soil development. Plans for these situations involve innovations, such as mound-system septics.
Engineered landfills, recycling centers and waste-water facilities are not yet established in Kosova. The solid waste problems remain to be studied further with geological knowledge. Problem solutions over the entire country should include the great potential for job creation amidst terrible unemployment.