The Kosovo National Institute of Public Health (IKSHPK) has announced that the water in the village of Drenoc, in the municipality of Deçan, is infected with E. coli and other bacteria that make the water not safe to drink.
In their official statement for media, IKSHPK said that the water samples taken from the broader Deçan region on July 13, show signs of “nonpathological bacteria” that “may indicate that potable water is contaminated.”
However, the Institute has declared the water “undrinkable” only for the village of Drenoc so far.
More than 1,500 people in the municipality of Deçan have shown symptoms of poisoning over the past week and authorities suspected that the water supply may have been contaminated.
Deçan is supplied by the regional water supply entity Hidrodrini. Following an earlier statement by IKSHPK on Thursday, the company announced that it is set up three teams to inspect and verify the quality of the water.
