O ŽIVOTU I ISTRAŽIVAČKOM RADU JOSIPA A. BAĆA
LIFE AND RESEARCH WORK OF JOSIP A. BAĆ

Summary/Abstract: From 1979 to 1982 the academician Josip Bać did the extensive research of thermal and gaseous water in the area of Gračanica municipality. It was a significant natural resource that had to be proven. But in that time no one cared about thermal sources, because the drinking water was lacking more and more. Reductions in water supply were longer and thirst had threatened Gračanica. Authorities of that time had no solution to this major problem. The water pipeline was extended from Sokol in 1963 but its capacity was not sufficient. Gračanica had no future without water. People even thought about emigration. Although others tried to persuade Professor Bać to look for potable water, he reasonably denied doing so. He was interested in thermal and gaseous waters in Sprečko polje, where he worked intensively on definition of their capacities. But when an epidemic of infectious hepatitis caused by lack of water in the city water supply, stroke Gračanica, Prof. Bać accepted the plea of then municipal officials and started parallel quest for potable water for Gračanica. Besides all expectations, he discovered deep water sources in a quarry of Pašalići, which were integrated into the city water supply system.

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