Progress in the field of sewage infrastructure

In the report of the Fiscal Council on Public Investment Policy in Serbia from June in 2024, it is stated that there will be a shift in the field of sewage construction of infrastructure created at the beginning of the “Clean Serbia” project.

In the area of ​​water protection from pollution, which in Serbia is practically only in its infancy, the main problems remain insufficiently branched sewerage network and few, often outdated waste processing facilities water from households and factories,” the report states, adding that only 67 percent of the population has access to the sewage network (in in CEE countries it is 85 percent).

The report also states that the situation with waste processing is water more dramatic. “Less than 20 percent of the population of Serbia has access to any kind of wastewater treatment, while in CEE countries their share is 86%, and in the EU it is almost 93%” is stated in the report of the Fiscal Council Public Investment Policy in Serbia from June 2024.

The first movement from the “dead center” did not happen until 2021 when the implementation of the first phase of the “Clean Serbia” project officially began, which the construction of about 5,200 kilometers of sewage network is announced and 165 wastewater treatment plants, which includes almost half of Serbia’s total infrastructure needs in this area, part is the statement and interpretation of the mentioned report.

Works progressing within “Clean Serbia” project

Despite the bad weather and winter conditions of work, the works on the construction of the sewage network on several opened construction sites in 14 cities and municipalities have certainly not halted.

On several locations, more than the half of planned works have been completed, which opens up the possibility for works which were divided into phases to progress to the next phase. Several construction sites have been opened in the beginning of this year, but the pace of completed works was going according to the plan, despite the snow, rain and lower temperatures.

The “Clean Serbia” Project plans the construction of 5,206,679.31 m of sewage network in total, and the number of wastewater treatment plants is almost the half of the total number needed for the whole of Serbia (165 WWTPs).

The works are expected to start on more locations this year, as well as the signing of the contracts with the cities and municipalities.

1. Lajkovac, completed – 2,869.15m

2. Knic – Kusovac drain -730m

3. Kragujevac :

Male Pcelice 113m

Opornica-677m

Milivoja Bankovica Sicka – 690.5 m

Marsic -554m

4. Krupanj -1,265.30m

5.Kladovo:

Velika Vrbica: 840,62m completed sewer collectors on the basin 400

Korbovo: 172,91m completed sewer collectors on the basin 600

970,15m completed sewer collectors on the basin 700

Rtkovo: 120m completed sewer collectors on the basin 800

6. Lazarevac: 3,805.4m

7. Mionica: 850.34m

8. Obrenovac: 5,617m

9. Svrljig :

Ljubovacka towards the Mrgodova DN200 -191.00m

Ljubovacka towards the Groblje DN200 -138.20m

10. Varvarin:

Obrez- DN200 -588.50m/ DN315 -150.00m

11. Vranje:

Kosovska Street DN200 -499.50m/ Atmospheric sewage DN400 -76.00m

Bunosevac DN315 -256.00m

12. Kucevo: 840.62m

13. Novi Sad:

Cenej 11,946.00

Potisa 2,384.00 m

Kisac– Gravitational sewage: 5,906.00 m

14.Novi Becej 701 m