Western Balkans Environment Programe

Panel Discussion: "WATER = LIFE"

NGO Environmental Movement Vrbas 10 July 2009 participated in a multimedia platform "Water = Life" at the Agora Stage. The platform was the first event at the EXIT, at the opening of this music festival. On this occasion, the project of NGO and UNDP "Protection and Development of Nature Park Jegrička - ECO consciousness and conscience" was promoted as an integral part of a larger engagement of UNDP in the project "Remediation of the Grand Backa Canal“. The implementation of this project is to provide wastewater utility for Vrbas and Kula towns and pretreated industrial waste water which will be collected in collector and lead to central wastewater treatment plant. The project is aiming to prevent further pollution of one of the most polluted watercourse in Europe - the Grand Backa Canal and at the same time, this is a condition to access the phase of Grand Backa Canal cleaning. The canal brought the basic conditions of life for people in Central Backa and now it became a real threat to public health, especially for residents of Vrbas.

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The goal of the 30 months Programme is to improve the environmental situation and quality of life for citizens living in and around polluted areas in the most economical way.