The main purpose of the thesis is to analyze the prices of water supply in the municipalities of Vrhnika, Borovnica and Log-Dragomer. (analyzed municipalities) Valid prices for drinking water supply in the Republic of Slovenia were obtained from the websites of contractors who were in charge of performing water supply in 2020 across Republic of Slovenia. In the beggining of the thesis we presented brief historical development of pricing in the field of water supply and valid legislation in 2020. We further presented the essential findings of the comparative analysis between years 2015 and 2018 in the Republic of Slovenia. In further of the thesis we analyzed the prices of water supply, separately for water supply services and water supply network which were valid in Republic of Slovenia in 2020. We compared and analyzed data with the basic statistical findings that apply to the entire Republic of Slovenia and analyzed municipalities in 2020. In further analysis we generally presented the municipal services that are carried out in the municipalities of Vrhnika, Borovnica and Log-Dragomer and compared theirs general demographic data, with demographic data valid for average Slovenian municipality. We paid special attention to the municipal activity of waste-water treatment and drainage, becaue this activity is directly related to municipal activity of water supply. In continuation we presented water supply in the municipalities of Vrhnika, Borovnica and Log-Dragomer in detail and further analyzed and compared the main reasons for the difference in water supply prices. In the conclusion we found out that drinking water supply prices vary from municipality to municipality. The most problematic are prices that are too low because they do not provide long-term water supply and leads to disinvestment. Excessively high prices, however, are unfair to payers in the worst case. The best price is therefore not the lowest but one that provides long-term water supply for future generations.
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