Dimitrovgrad municipality proposes ban on SHPPs on its territory
The Municipal Council of Dimitrovgrad in eastern Serbia has adopted a decision to propose the expulsion of all potential locations for the construction of small hydropower plants (SHPPs) from the local spatial plan, Južne vesti reported. The 1987 cadastre for SHPPs envisages the construction of 12 facilities in the Dimitrovgrad municipality and although none have […]
Only 13 out of 250 Serbian MPs support initiative to protect water under Constitution
Thirteen out of 250 members of the parliament (MPs) of the Republic of Serbia have signed the Green Party’s initiative to protect drinking water as one of the most important resources under the Constitution. The Green Party has announced that it will soon start a campaign to collect 150,000 signatures in order to bring the […]
Albanian Development Fund launches EU-funded project to secure water supply for 83 villages
The Albanian Development Fund (ADF) has started the implementation of the EUR 39.3 million Rural Water Supply Program (RWSP) III in a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Rrajca water supply scheme. The program aims to solve the problem of water supply for 85,000 rural residents in 15 municipalities in the country, the ADF said […]
Initiative to protect drinking water under the Constitution launched in Serbian parliament
The Green Party has launched an initiative in the parliament of the Republic of Serbia to protect drinking water under the Constitution. The Green Party recently presented a five-point plan for the “unchecked surge of small hydropower plants (SHPPs)”. The plan’s key point is to protect drinking water under the Constitution and in the meantime […]
World Water Day: From coffee to coal, many products have alternatives – water does not
Of 7.2 billion people in the world, 2.1 billion live without safe water at home, according to the UN data. Today is World Water Day, and this year’s theme is ‘Leaving no one behind’, in line with the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: as sustainable development progresses, everyone must benefit. In […]
Work ahead to finalize negotiating position for chapter 27, official submission to EC planned in late 2019
The European Commission has sent comments to the second draft negotiating position for chapter 27 (the environment and climate change), and the authorities now expect the negotiating position to be finalized during the year and submitted to the Serbian government for adoption in October 2019. If the negotiating position is officially submitted to the European […]
European Water Association looking for webinar speakers
The European Water Association (EWA) is launching a series of webinars and looking for webinar speakers. Some of the webinars will be for members only as a service to the members, and some of the webinars will be open to non-members for a fee, EWA said in a press release. The exact frequency of the […]
All Bulgarian rivers damaged in some way, 200 HPPs approved on top of 270 built – WWF
All Bulgarian rivers and their tributaries have been adversely affected by pollution, drought, wastewater, extraction of inert materials, and hydropower plants (HPPs), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has warned. A total of 270 hydropower plants have been built on the country’s 325 rivers, while 200 more HPP projects have been approved in the […]