Sources of medicinal water in Vrnjačka Banja are drying up, experts say

The Jezero healing spring in Vrnjačka Banja, which almost dried up a month ago, raised questions about who dug water wells in Serbia’s most famous tourist spot.

According to H1’s findings, the Jezero spring is not the only one in danger, and if uncontrolled drilling of the earth for groundwater is not stopped, Vrnjačka Banja could be left without the biggest gems, the healing waters.

As we have already reported, the cause of the pressure drop at the spring was a private water park, which began operating this summer, not far from spring. Although the water consumption in this park has supposedly been reduced, it still does not have the pressure in the spring as before.

Since the Ministry of Mines and Energy is in charge of issuing permits for drilling and extraction of water, the municipality of Vrnjacka Banja did not have a database until this year on who dug all the wells.

The president of the municipality, Boban diceurović, tells H1 that a body has been formed that will oversee the exploitation of curative waters in the Vrnjačka Banja area.

“We have asked groundwater experts to conduct a study of the sustainability of the springs in Vrnjacka Banja. We are introducing the monitoring of the use of these springs and coordination with line ministries, to monitor all those who present exploration requests We will install water meters to find out how much “In that way, we will avoid excessive pumping of water,” said Djurovic.