Analisies of exsisting situation on dumpsite Vrtijeljka.pdf

Infrastructure Projects Facility – Technical Assistance WindowSub project: WB4-MNE-ENV-12 F: Analysis <strong>of</strong> the Way <strong>of</strong> Collection, Transport and Treatment <strong>of</strong> Waste from the Old Royal CapitalCetinje and Preparation <strong>of</strong> Conceptual Design and Tender Documents for the Rehabilitation <strong>of</strong> “Vrtijeljka” Dumpsite113.2 Natural characteristics 2Cetinje field was formed in the east karst-continental foothill <strong>of</strong> the mountainLovćen, which highest peaks are Stirovnik (1,749 m) and Jezerski vrh (1,660m) where mausoleum <strong>of</strong> Petar II Petrović Njegoš was built. Cetinje field is surroundedwith bare limestone hills with steep slopes.Extremely karstic terrain has conditioned forming <strong>of</strong> several caves on the edge<strong>of</strong> the Cetinje field. These caves are formed out <strong>of</strong> the underground channels,number <strong>of</strong> chambers and halls with rich speleothem. Especially attractive areCetinje Cave in the town and Lipska Cave in the vicinity <strong>of</strong> town.3.3 Climate 2Cetinje has moderate continental climate characterized by dry and warm summerswith an average temperature <strong>of</strong> 20 °C, and mild and wet winters with anaverage temperature <strong>of</strong> 2.1 °C.TemperatureThe average annual temperature in the territory <strong>of</strong> the Cetinje Municipality is11 °C. Average yearly temperature varies from 0.9 °C in January to 21.1 °C inJuly. Average monthly temperatures in Cetinje are given in Table 2:Table 2Cetinje average monthly temperatures [°C]Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec0.9 1.9 4.7 9.5 14.2 18.2 21.1 20.7 16.5 11.2 6.9 2.8Source: www.cetinje.mePrecipitationCetinje has considerable level <strong>of</strong> precipitation during spring and autumn, and itis one <strong>of</strong> the rainiest towns in Europe with around 4,000 mm <strong>of</strong> water sedimentper year.Despite this amount <strong>of</strong> precipitation, territory <strong>of</strong> Cetinje Municipality does nothave surface water courses and, in general, water resources are <strong>of</strong> poor capacity.Reason for this is karstic rock formation and geologic structure.Data on monthly average precipitation in Cetinje are presented in Table 3.Table 3Cetinje monthly average precipitation [mm]Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec445 443 358 206 172 114 61 75 181 484 605 592Source: www.cetinje.meWind Cetinje is surrounded from all sides with high hills, thus prevailingwinds are not very strong. Stronger wind blows from the Southeast, from SkadarLake and settlement Rijeka Crnojevica. Characteristics <strong>of</strong> the winds arepresented in Table 4 and Source: Vrijeme i klima Crne Gore, Radojičić B. (1991)2 www.cetinje.me.