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Water Quality Protection Project - under WB-GEF Strategic Partnership for Nutrient Reduction in the Danube River and Black Sea - Results

GEF IDS: 2143

Scale
National

Country
Bosnia

Information sources
GEF3 IW Tracking Tool (2010), IWC6 Results Note (2011)

Key Basin Project Results
1. The completed Trnovo and Odzak Wastewater Treatment Plants already substantially contribute to the project’s major objective of reducing pollution from municipal sources into the Neretva and Bosna Rivers, whereas the currently being under construction Wastewater Systems of Zivinice and Mostar will result in Bosna and Neretva river water quality improvement shortly.
2. The feasibility study on low cost natural treatment resulted in a comprehensive overview of all currently available wastewater treatment technologies as well as recommendations to each municipality in the BiH on which treatment technique offers optimal results. The study will be soon extensively discussed during a workshop with representatives from other Balkan countries.
3. The extended Water Information System offers the government vast possibilities on efficient assessment of pollution levels, identification of polluters and determination of flow regimes.

Results data
Municipal wastewater pollution reduction
Year: N/A - Value: [see desc]
INDICATOR#1 [Reduction of nutrient discharges (P & N kg/yr) and associated op.costs ($/kg/nutrients)]
Effluent with an emphasis on nutrient discharges will be regularly monitored in all four wastewater treatment plants, and data will soon be available for comparison and cost extrapolation.
INDICATOR#2 [BOD discharges (tons/yr) and associated op.costs]
Effluent, specifically BOD discharges will be regularly monitored in all four wastewater treatment plants, and data will soon be available for comparison and cost extrapolation.
Establishment of country-specific inter-ministerial committees
Year: N/A - Value: NO
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Regional legal agreements and cooperation frameworks
Year: N/A - Value: NO
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Regional Management Institutions
Year: N/A - Value: NAP
INDICATOR#1 Improved/Clarified institutional framework for wastewater management, financing and monitoring (Component A) [Completion of Wastewater Improvement Plan.]
A Water Information System (WIS) has been developed for the entire territory of BiH (even though the Project is defined as solely for Federation of BH) and will have significant benefits in terms of a unified, country-wide approach, facilitating, therefore, water quality protection, reporting requirements of BiH as a country and the harmonization of BiH legislation with the EU.
INDICATOR#2 Percentage of the effluent discharged according to the national standard [After completion of this Project, 11% of municipal wastewater (from population which are connected to public sewage) will b e treated and discharged according to new BiH water-environment standards.] 6% of municipal waste water is now treated and discharged according to existing standards.
National/Local reforms
Year: N/A - Value: NO
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