In “Vodovod” a.d. Today, on April 29, 2020, a meeting was held in Banja Luka, attended by Mr. Boris Pašalić, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of RS and Mr. Zoran Popović, President of the Board of Directors of the Association “Water Supplies of Republika Srpska”.
The meeting discussed the business of water utilities and the difficulties they face in the current situation caused by the coronary pandemic. The amendments to the Rulebook for the calculation of water fees, ie water contribution, were discussed, as well as the application of the association “Water Supply of the Republic of Srpska” for obtaining the status of the association of special interest. A very important topic was also the collection of data on the extent of the damage, that is, the damage suffered by the water supply systems in the Republic of Srpska in March and April, and on the basis of which the forms arrived from the Government of the Republika Srpska in order to receive assistance from the Fund solidarity to remedy the effects of the coronary pandemic. Minister Pasalic also expressed his readiness for RS ministries and governments to assist with water supply systems in Republika Srpska.