Int. J. Global Warming, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2010 305 Copyright © 2010 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Environment impact from ash disposal of the thermal power plant ‘Kosova A’ Sabri Avdullahi* and Isalm Fejza Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy, University of Prishtina, Parku Industrial Str. No. NN, 40000 Mitrovice, Kosova E-mail: sabriavdullahi@hotmail.com E-mail: islamfejza@hotmail.com *Corresponding author Raif Bytyqi Environment Department, Institute INKOS, Rruga Hilmi Str. 6/3, No. 8, 10000 Prishtine, Kosova E-mail: raifi5@hotmail.com Abstract: Mining activities impact on environment is as old as these activities themselves. It is estimated that thermal power plants in Kosova produce about 1.6 million tons of ash per year, and all ash produced is disposed as waste material. The main problems for environment pollution are the ash dumps containing more than 40 million tons of ash cover about 150 ha of land. The ash dumps sites of the thermal power plant Kosovo ‘A’, which are situated among settlement, present one of the most serious problems in the environment and are one of the potential dangers for underground and surface water. Keywords: coal mining; ash dumps; environment. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Avdullahi, S., Fejza, I. and Bytyqi, R. (2010) ‘Environment impact from ash disposal of the thermal power plant ‘Kosova A’’, Int. J. Global Warming, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp.305–315. Biographical notes: Sabri Avdullahi is a Professor in the Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy in the Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology in the University of Prishtina, Republic of Kosova. He received his Doctor Science from the Polytechnic University of Tirana in 2003. So far, he has published many papers in international journals. He has participated in regional, international conferences and congresses and also in many training and workshops in the field of hydrogeology and environment. His research areas include environment, energy and water. He is a member of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences and World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. Islam Fejza is a Professor in the Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy in the Department of Geology in the University of Prishtina, Republic of Kosova. He received his Doctor Science from the Faculty of Geology and Mining, University of Prishtina, in 2004. He has participated in regional, international