In Ljubljana, on 23 November, we signed contracts in the framework of the largest Slovenian project »Wastewater Drainage and Treatment of the Ljubljansko polje aquifer area«.

Contracts for part 1 and 2 were signed covering the upgrade of the system for urban wastewater drainage in the municipalities of Medvode and Vodice, the construction of the C0 connecting canal in the Municipality of Ljubljana and the construction of Phase III of the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant Ljubljana.

Today Mayor of the City of Ljubljana Zoran Janković, Mayor of the Municipality of Medvode Nejc Smole and Mayor of the Municipality of Vodice Aco Franc Šuštar signed contracts for construction, supervisor’s services and public relations for part 1 of the major cohesion project »Upgrade of the system for urban wastewater drainage in the municipalities of Medvode and Vodice and the construction of the C0 connecting canal in the Municipality of Ljubljana«. The contracts were signed with operators selected in a public procurement procedure, namely, with the company Javna razsvetljava d.d. for construction works valued at 28,138,826.05 EUR excluding VAT, for supervisor’s services (engineering services according to the FIDIC contract terms and supervisor in line with the Construction Act) with the company DRI upravljanje investicij, d.o.o., valued at 529,000.00 EUR excluding VAT, and for public relations services with the company Frontal d.o.o. valued at 40,327.82 EUR excluding VAT. Within part 1 of the major project 22 km of new sewage pipes and 2 wastewater pumps are going to be built in the Municipality of Medvode, and 9.1 km in the Municipality of Vodice. In the Municipality of Ljubljana a 12.1 km long C0 connecting canal and retention basin are going to be constructed. Approximately 3,600 residents of the Municipality of Medvode and 1,100 residents of the Municipality of Vodice are going to be newly connected to the public sewage system, and the construction of the C0 connecting canal is going to significantly reduce the burden on the existing central sewage system in Ljubljana.

For part 2 of the major cohesion project »Construction of Phase III of the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant Ljubljana« the Mayor of the City of Ljubljana Zoran Janković singed contracts with construction, supervisor’s services and public relations operators. Design and construction valued at 39,493,278.38 EUR excluding VAT is going to be carried out by the company RIKO, industrijski, gradbeni inženiring in leasing, d.o.o., together with OTV France, supervisor’s services (engineering services according to the FIDIC contract terms and supervisor in line with the Construction Act) are going to be performed by the company DRI upravljanje investicij, d.o.o., in the value of 662,927.10 EUR excluding VAT, and public relations services by the company Frontal d.o.o. in the value of 32,424.45 EUR excluding VAT. The construction of phase III of the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant Ljubljana encompasses the increase of its capacity to 555.000 PE and the upgrade of the existing installation with tertiary treatment, during which nitrogen and phosphorus compounds are also going to be removed from the waste water. An increase of the sludge line capacity and the modernization of the
existing sludge line with an advanced technological process for sludge treatment are also planned. State of the art equipment is going to be installed and advanced technological processes are going to lower operating costs. The increased biogas production is going to replace the use of natural gas and raise the level of energy self-sufficiency.

The value of the large cohesion project, within the scope of which, in addition to the upgrade of wastewater drainage in the municipalities of Medvode and Vodice, the construction of the C0 connecting canal in the Municipality of Ljubljana and construction of phase III of the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant Ljubljana, the upgrade of the sewage system in four agglomerates in the City of Ljubljana larger than 2,000 PE is planned in part 3 of the project, is 111 million EUR excluding VAT. The large cohesion project is funded from the EU Cohesion Fund, national and municipal budgets.

Within the framework of the large cohesion project approximately 22,200 residents are going to be newly connected to the sewage and wastewater treatment system. In the area of ​​the largest agglomeration Ljubljana, the coverage of the sewage system is going to rise to 98%. The regulated and controlled collection of waste water is going to contribute to the protection of groundwater quality.