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[ZD05] Access to safe drinking water
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In Slovenia in 2017, 94% of the population was supplied with drinking water from water supply systems that had undergone water quality monitoring in situ, at users’ taps. Drinking water monitoring excluded 6% of the Slovenian population. Generally, all residents of Slovenian cities are supplied with drinking water subjected to regular monitoring. Accessibility of drinking water did not improve significantly in the period 2004–2017.

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Figure ZD05-1: Share of the Slovenian population supplied with drinking water, by size of the supply zone and residents without monitoring, 2004-2017
Sources: 

Institute of Public health, 2005-2008; The Health Insurance Institute Maribor, 2009-2014; National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food, 2014-2018; Statistical Office of RS, 2018

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Share of the Slovenian population

50-500

501-1.000

1.001 - 5.000

5.001 - 10.000

10.001 - 20.000

20.001 - 50.000

50.001 - 100.000

> 100.000

without monitoring

2005

6.03

3.17

12.47

11.67

16.72

20.17

14.59

6.85

8.33

2006

5.75

3.18

12.56

11.45

16.13

21.49

14.54

6.82

8.09

2007

5.73

3.25

12.36

10.92

16.54

23.84

11.93

6.78

8.64

2008

5.53

3.62

12.29

11.69

18.25

18.46

14.86

5.17

10.14

2009

5.39

3.62

11.59

11.12

18.69

15.87

17.32

5.12

11.28

2010

5.11

3.87

11.78

10.67

19.36

15.82

17.26

5.10

11.02

2011

5.03

3.70

11.30

17.48

14.96

12.01

19.81

5.10

10.62

2012

4.87

3.82

12.34

10.73

22.12

15.62

17.39

5.77

7.33

2013

4.83

3.61

12.56

10.84

22.09

15.73

17.37

5.77

7.20

2014

4.72

3.51

12.47

10.61

18.56

21.10

13.76

5.97

9.30

2015

4.82

3.60

12.57

11.00

19.62

22.31

13.75

5.84

6.48

2016

4.76

3.51

12.20

10.30

20.00

23.87

13.79

6.02

5.55

2017

4.82

3.27

12.22

9.98

20.04

24.09

13.78

6.02

5.79
Figure ZD05-2: Number of supply zones, by size and the population served, 2004-2017
Sources: 

Insitute of Public health, 2005-2008; The Health Insurance Institute Maribor, 2009-2014 ; National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food, 2014-2018

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Number of supply zones

50-500

501-1.000

1.001 - 5.000

5.001 - 10.000

10.001 - 20.000

20.001 - 50.000

50.001 - 100.000

> 100.000

2004

706

85

112

32

22

15

4

1

2005

721

90

109

32

24

14

4

1

2006

692

90

111

32

23

15

4

1

2007

697

91

111

31

24

16

3

1

2008

695

102

110

33

26

13

4

1

2009

688

102

105

33

27

12

5

1

2010

669

113

108

32

28

12

5

1

2011

634

108

111

33

28

11

5

1

2012

597

111

115

32

31

11

5

1

2013

583

105

118

32

31

11

5

1

2014

544

102

119

31

27

16

4

1

2015

569

105

120

32

29

17

4

1

2016

572

101

114

30

30

18

4

1

2017

576

94

114

29

30

18

4

1
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Figure ZD05-3: Share of the Slovenian population included in the monitoring of drinking water quality, by size of the supply zone and residents without monitoring, by statistical regions in 2017
Sources: 

National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food, 2018; Statistical office, 2018;

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Share of the Slovenian population (%)

small (50-1000)

medium (1001-10.000)

big (>10.000)

without monitoring

Gorenjska

9.37

27.77

57.58

5.28

Goriška

17.93

27.87

46.89

7.31

JV Slo

7.99

31.25

56.16

4.60

Koroška

15.27

59.87

0

24.86

Obalno-kraška

1.59

0

91.43

6.97

Osrednjeslovenska

4.21

10.73

82.60

2.46

Podravska

3.02

25.21

69.13

2.64

Pomurska

8.31

16.76

72.66

2.28

Posavska

20.93

29.04

42.06

7.98

Prim.-notransjka

8.78

36.00

57.72

0

Savinjska

9.44

21.54

54.24

14.79

Zasavska

28.65

49.23

19.89

2.23

Slovenija

8.09

22.20

63.92

5.79
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Figure ZD05-4: Share of supply zones and the population supplied by type of raw water, 2017
Sources: 

National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food, 2018; Statistical office, 2018

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Share of supply zones

mixed

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underground

surface

SUPPLY ZONES

0.92

0.12

52.31

46.65

POPULATION

0.47

0.00

63.79

35.74
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Goals

  • To provide access to safe drinking water in sufficient quantities to all inhabitants of Slovenia;
  • to connect inhabitants, particularly those supplied by small and poorly managed systems, to large, professionally managed and controlled water supply systems or to improve the management and technical compliance of small systems according to equal principles to ensure safe drinking water for everyone;
  • to carry out monitoring of all systems within the parameters of regular and periodical testing of samples;
  • to inform inhabitants connected to small systems supplying fewer than 50 people that the Rules on drinking water are not implemented in these systems (there is no monitoring and control), inform them of possible measures to protect health from harmful factors and to forward them recommendations for acting in the event of reasonable suspicion that drinking water represents a potential hazard to human health.
Last modified: 27.12.2018
Author(s): Ivanka Gale and Katarina Bitenc, National Institute of Public Health;