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Vode – Case Study of Residential Water Consumption in the City of Opatija Renata Grbac ŽikoviUniversity of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Croatia renatag@fthm.hr Administrative and territorial unit city of Opatija provides drinking water from water supply system Liburnijske vode d.o.o. This system uses five water resources but also buys additional water from water supply systems of Rijeka and Ilirska Bistrica. The city of Opatija is a part of Opatija riviera and a famous tourist destination on Adriatic coast, so its economy is based on tourism. Therefore, water supply system is faced with the challenge of enabling enough amounts of quality drinking water to satisfy demands of residents and tourists. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze and compare total water consumption and residents’ water consumption in case study area of the city of Opatija in period 2010-2014. Data will be analyzed and compared per a year and per a month. Furthermore, paper will give an insight in resources, development of water supply network, current state of water supply system technical indicators and direction of its further development. The methodology is based on gathering and analyzing statistical data of water consumption, resources and technical indicators of water supply network and SWOT analysis of further economic and nijske vode d.o.o. water supply system. The results show that total water consumption and residents water consumption gradually decreases in researched period due to investments and improvement of water supply network (reduction of water losses) and decreasing number of inhabitants despite of tourism development. Analysis of water consumption on monthly basis shows regular oscillation during the year with higher water demands during the summer period. With further investments in water supply network and careful management it is possible to achieve future sustainable economic and ecological development of Liburnijske vode d.o.o. water supply system. City of Opatija, Liburnijske vode d.o.o., water consumption, sustainable development Vode – Case Study of Residential Water Consumption in the City of Opatija Renata Grbac ŽikoviUniversity of Rijeka, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Croatia renatag@fthm.hr Administrative and territorial unit city of Opatija provides drinking water from water supply system Liburnijske vode d.o.o. This system uses five water resources but also buys additional water from water supply systems of Rijeka and Ilirska Bistrica. The city of Opatija is a part of Opatija riviera and a famous tourist destination on Adriatic coast, so its economy is based on tourism. Therefore, water supply system is faced with the challenge of enabling enough amounts of quality drinking water to satisfy demands of residents and tourists. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze and compare total water consumption and residents’ water consumption in case study area of the city of Opatija in period 2010-2014. Data will be analyzed and compared per a year and per a month. Furthermore, paper will give an insight in resources, development of water supply network, current state of water supply system technical indicators and direction of its further development. The methodology is based on gathering and analyzing statistical data of water consumption, resources and technical indicators of water supply network and SWOT analysis of further economic and nijske vode d.o.o. water supply system. The results show that total water consumption and residents water consumption gradually decreases in researched period due to investments and improvement of water supply network (reduction of water losses) and decreasing number of inhabitants despite of tourism development. Analysis of water consumption on monthly basis shows regular oscillation during the year with higher water demands during the summer period. With further investments in water supply network and careful management it is possible to achieve future sustainable economic and ecological development of Liburnijske vode d.o.o. water supply system. City of Opatija, Liburnijske vode d.o.o., water consumption, sustainable development