In Serbia last year, according to the data of the Republic Institute of Statistics of Serbia, as much as 79.6 percent of waste water was untreated and discharged directly into nature.

This is extremely alarming information, because hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of wastewater from households and businesses contain not only feces, but also food, medicine, chemicals and other harmful substances. When they are discharged untreated directly into nature, most often into flowing waters, they threaten ecosystems and human health.

Recently, Professor Božo Dalmacija from the Faculty of Science and Mathematics in Novi Sad warned that the problem of untreated wastewater does not threaten the largest cities in Serbia, such as Belgrade and Novi Sad, where treatment plants have not even been built, but that this problem exists throughout our country. and in plants that were built several decades ago, and which are out of order.

According to him, about 40 percent of all these purifiers in Serbia fall into this category, which represents a serious problem.

A solution that will stop the pollution of the ecosystem and human health in this way still exists and is being implemented in Serbia. It is the “Clean Serbia” project, which, among other things, envisages the construction of over 5,206,679.31 meters of sewage network throughout Serbia, as well as the construction of 165 new wastewater treatment plants throughout our country.