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Gojković: Clean Serbia solves an important problem

Posted on 22. August 2024. by administrator

The Mayor of Valjevo, Lazar Gojković, in his announcement to the citizens, highlighted the “Clean Serbia” project among the important environmental projects for this city.

In the announcement, Gojković talked about the key environmental problems that Valjevo is facing and which it is currently solving.

“We should not forget the tender for the construction of the sewage network and waste water treatment plant in Divčibare and the construction of the sewage network within the project “Clean Serbia”, Gojković stated in the press release.

Works are being carried out in this city as part of the “Clean Serbia” project at two locations: Lelić and Divci.

Kragujevac: Works at maximum capacity

Posted on 22. August 2024.22. August 2024. by administrator

As part of the “Clean Serbia” project, works are being carried out at several locations in Kragujevac.

In accordance with the announcement of the mayor of Kragujevac, Nikola Dašić, the works in Kragujevac are being carried out at maximum capacity. Currently, works are being carried out on the construction of the missing sewage line at the excavation in Brezovacka street, Korman neighborhood and in the streets of Milutin Jovanović and Žanka Stokić, Erdeč-iskop.

Vuksanović: An important project for Mladenovac

Posted on 20. August 2024. by administrator

The President of the Municipality of Mladenovac, Bogdan Vuksanović, singled out the “Clean Serbia” project among numerous projects that are expected to be implemented in the coming period.

Investment in road and road infrastructure, improvement of water supply in the city and construction of a new water supply and sewerage network in villages, gasification of villages, construction of sports and children’s playgrounds, investment in educational, health and cultural institutions, incentives to farmers, sports clubs and their associations, care of the youngest as well as the oldest fellow citizens, are the key topics of development in Vuksanović’s opinion.

“Projects are the topics I like to talk about the most, but due to limited time, and in the name of respect for my fellow citizens, I will apostrophize only the project “Clean Serbia”, which involves the extension of the wastewater treatment system and the solid waste management center. We are working as a team to make life in this city better and to the extent of our citizens who truly deserve it,” said Vuksanović.

The “Clean Serbia” project for the Municipality of Mladenovac envisages the realization of a 66,567.00 m sewage network that would cover 47,000 inhabitants.

Grand prize for a Chinese wastewater treatment project

Posted on 20. August 2024. by administrator

A Chinese wastewater treatment project has won the International Water Association’s (IVA) top global innovation award.

The project “Encouraging Technology and Market Transformation: China’s Wastewater Resource Concept Facility” stood out by winning the 2024 IVA Global Innovation Grand Prize during the World Water Congress and Exhibition being held this week in Toronto, China Media Group (CMG) reports.

The winner, the China Wastewater Treatment Committee, also addresses climate change, resource scarcity and the challenges of sustainable living. 20,000 cubic meters of wastewater are processed daily in the facility for recultivation of water resources.

“The facility strengthens local access to water, supports agriculture with nutrient-rich soils and serves as a model for sustainable wastewater management globally, inspiring further initiatives and international cooperation,” IVA said.

Vesić: Sewer network for 250 000 people

Posted on 9. August 2024. by administrator

Among the numerous infrastructure projects that are currently being implemented in Serbia, the Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesić singled out the “Clean Serbia” Project.

Speaking for Tanjug, Minister Goran Vesić pointed out that sewage is being built at nine new locations, as part of the “Clean Serbia” Project.

“Sewerage is being built at nine new locations as part of the Clean Serbia Project. In total, there are nine wastewater treatment plants, the value of the entire project is over 216 million euros, and a total of 51,000 households will receive sewerage,” said Vesić.

Thanks to the implementation of this project, according to the minister, already in the first phase of the project, 250 000 people will be connected to a sewage network.

“We are already working on the first phase where we have 14 locations, where we are working on over 680 km of sewage, over 25 plants, the population equivalent of that first phase is 195,000, so together with these 50,000 already 250,000 people in Serbia will get sewage in the following period,” said Vesić.

Dašić: Second phase of the Project to begin soon in Kragujevac

Posted on 9. August 2024. by administrator

The Mayor of Kragujevac, Nikola Dašić, announced the second phase of the “Clean Serbia” Project.

Kragujevac Mayor Nikola Dašić, appearing on local television, pointed out that the first phase of the Project is nearing completion.

“The first phase of the designed 42 kilometers is nearing completion, and the second phase will include the replacement and construction of new sewage facilities in the city center,” said Dašić.

Dašić stated that maximum efficiency in the execution of works is also expected.

Siniša Mali: The continuation of the “Clean Serbia” project

Posted on 9. August 2024.9. August 2024. by administrator

On the occasion of the first 100 days of the Government of Serbia, Minister of Finance Siniša Mali especially emphasized the creation of conditions for the continuation of the implementation of the “Clean Serbia” project.

“In the first 100 days of the Government, several legal solutions were adopted in competences of the Ministry of Finance, which enable the continuation of implementation of important projects in our country, which, among others, relate to the construction of the high-speed road Ruma-Šabac – Loznica, the bypass around Kragujevac, as well as the construction of the National Stadium and the “Clean Serbia” project, said Minister Mali.

He also concluded that as the first vice-president of the Government, he is satisfied with the results achieved, stressing that he thinks that the Government worked well in the first 100 days, but that we should always set the bar higher and continue to work even better.

70 percent of the first phase of the “Clean Serbia” project completed

Posted on 29. July 2024. by administrator

Minister Goran Vesić stated that 70% of the first phase of the Clean Serbia project has been completed.

“It is a project with an investment value of 3.5 billion euros and should cover 73 local self-government units in 93 locations, with 159 wastewater treatment plants,” said the Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Goran Vesić. According to him, these are small plants for the processing of waste water, but there are also large ones, such as the plant in Novi Sad, which is equivalent to 300,000 residents.

“In the first phase of the project, which is more than 70 percent completed, sewers were built in 16 locations. The total value of the first phase is 336 million euros, 680 kilometers of sewage are being built and 25 wastewater treatment plants are being built, mostly smaller plants,” said Vesić. The value of the second phase of the project is 216 million euros, and according to the minister, the construction of a sewage network and a plant in nine locations is planned in the second phase, which will cover 50,000 residents.

Minister Vesic particularly emphasized that more kilometers of sewerage and waste water treatment plants have never been built than are being built now.

Wastewater treatment plants in accordance with the EU directive

Posted on 29. July 2024.29. July 2024. by administrator

Last year, the decree of the Government of Serbia was changed, which is now in line with all European directives, and an obligation was introduced to include tertiary treatment at all plants that are built for the processing of waste water, except for small ones, because those do not require such treatment, which is in line with the EU directive, said Goran Vesić, Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure.

Responding to remarks in the Serbian Parliament, he added that annexes are being worked out with Chinese CRBC contractors, within which they are obliged to accept technology and processing in accordance with the EU directives.

This is how the facilities are being built within the “Clean Serbia” project and all other facilities will be built this way, Vesić said and emphasized that “Clean Serbia” is not the only project where sewage is being built and thanked the German Development Bank KfV, which has several very good projects, the Bank of the European Council, but also cities and municipalities because they themselves invest when it comes to sewage.

Vesić stated that as someone in whose ministry the “Clean Serbia” project is being implemented, he is ready to hear any proposal on how that process can be accelerated.

Ecology: Environmental damage is not measured only in money

Posted on 24. July 2024.24. July 2024. by administrator

The monthly “Business and Finance” reported the assessment of legal experts, which states that the criminal law protection of the environment in Serbia is generally good, if it were to be implemented.

As stated, when the legislator adopted the new Criminal Code in 2006, he set aside a special part declaring the environment a legal good, worthy of protection.

Assistant professor of criminal law at the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, Ivana Marković, clarified that the domestic criminal legislation does not directly prohibit any behavior that endangers the environment, but that water, air and soil pollution is tolerated up to a certain limit. “This is the case at the level of the whole of Europe, and the similarity is also in the fact that the regulations related to environmental protection are connected with a multitude of other regulations, mainly in the field of administrative law”, stated Marković and added that, when a regulation is found that corresponds to a specific case, another problem becomes apparent. “In order to assess whether something is or is not water, air or soil pollution, you must also have technical knowledge in the specific field. Therefore, expertise is necessary.”

As she specified, of the 18 prescribed criminal acts in the field of the environment, 90 percent of the verdicts refer to forest theft, or to illegal hunting and fishing. “It is essentially a property crime, so it is tried for what is directly visible and tangible, while the elements of criminal acts in other environmental crimes are very abstract for state authorities,” Marković believes.

Vanja Bajović, professor of criminal procedural law at the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, pointed out that legal entities bear the greatest responsibility in environmental crimes.

“It is debatable that only financial damage is considered in criminal proceedings. However, ecological damage cannot be measured only by money,” Bajović said, as reported by the monthly magazine “Biznis i finansije”.