In Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 2024. year for public water supply affected 4.7 percent more water than in 2023. years.
The stated growth primarily is the result of increased water supply from sources, while other water protection – groundwater, watercourses, accumulations and lakes recorded significantly lower deviations compared to the previous year.
Of the total affected amounts of water, 46.7 percent, from the underground sources, from the source of 32 percent, from watercourses, is 18.9 percent, from the accumulation of 0.9 percent and the Lake 1.5 percent.
Households from public water supply in Bosnia and Herzegovina spent 1.8 percent less water compared to 2023. year, while production and service activities spent 3.4 percent more.
In the structure of water consumption, household consumers are the largest consumers, which spent 70.3 percent of the total waters from the public water supply.
Public water supply in 2024. year had water losses 10 percent more than in the previous year. Total water losses are really established losses in the water supply network resulting from the fault or fault installation for the water supply network.
In 2024. The number of connections on the water supply network was 828.094, which is an increase of 2.4 percent compared to the previous year, the data issued by the BiH Agency for Statistics.
Data on the public water supply is collected by regular annual statistical research from communal business entities and from municipal services managed by public water supply in the observed settlements, writes N1 BiH.
