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 Vrbas and Kula, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia -
Municipality of Kula belongs to the west Backa region, and the
Municipality of Vrbas lies more to the southeast and belongs to the
south Backa region. This part of Backa is in the northwest of Vojvodina
in the Republic of Serbia. The Danube-Tisza-Danube Canal, called
DTD-canal, or Grand Canal, was built in the 18 century, partly for
transport and water supply, but also with the purpose of draining the
wet and fertile soils of the Backa district. In the 20th century this
area was heavily industrialized. This also resulted in increased
settlements in the small towns along the canal. The canal became more
and more polluted, and in the worst stretch around Vrbas, the canal is
filled with industrial sludge. Sugar beet processing factories, pig
farms, slaughterhouses, edible-oil factories, metal processing
factories, etc. are the worst polluters in addition to untreated sewage
from the towns. In addition to causing local problems, the pollution of
the Grand Canal is a problem for the Tisza, and constitutes also a
significant pollution source for the Danube. Based on estimated
nutrient pollution, 70% of pollution comes from industrial sources,
while 20% and 10% are from municipal and agricultural sources. The
pollution of the Grand Canal running through the medium sized city of
Vrbas (25 000 inhabitants) has been characterized as «the worst in
Europe».
The proposed intervention under this programme will
focus on construction of the missing main waste water collector and
rehabilitation of the Sewerage system within territory of municipality
of Vrbas to the administrative border of Municipality of Kula.
The project intervention will enable completion of the new waste water
network in municipality Vrbas and will enhance following activities:
construction of Central Waste Water Treatment Plant (communal and
industrial waters) and remediation of the Grand Canal. These three
segments represent three main components in overall remediation of the
environmental hot spot Vrbas.
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