Riko and the Cerknica Municipality signed a contract for the implementation of the Wastewater discharge and cleaning project in the river basin of Ljubljanica – 2nd scope.
In frames of the Wastewater discharge and treatment projects in the river basin of Ljubljanica (2nd scope) the Cerknica municipality will invest into solving the wastewater discharge and cleaning problem in the Rakek settlement. The purpose of the investment is the construction of an appropriate infrastructure for discharge and cleaning of wastewater on territories where the state programme has foreseen a sewage system in accordance with the European directives in the field of discharge and cleaning of waste water, a pre-accession treaty and the goal to decrease the environmental impacts.
The contract signing was followed by a press conference hosting the representatives of Riko d.o.o. (main contractor), Godina d.o.o., Pirc gradnje d.o.o. and the representative of the construction work supervisor Proplus d.o.o. At this conference Cerknica’s mayor Marko Rupar pointed out that this project investment will have a direct influence and effect on the quality of drinking water and people’s health, development and income from tourism, the value of real estates, agriculture, decrease of pollution in settlements and the environment, on the aesthetic value and recreational opportunities. We can expect that all of this will have a positive effect on the development of the countryside in this part of Slovenia.
The value of the entire River basin of Ljubljanica project adds up to 10,836,171 euros and is partially financed by the Republic of Slovenia (1,102,571.08 euros), from the EU Cohesion Fund (Operational programme of environmental and traffic infrastructure development for the period 2007-2013, the developmental priorities »Environmental protection – water sector«, priority guidelines »Waste water discharge and cleaning« (6,247,902.76 euros)) and partially by the Cerknica municipality (3,485,697.16 euros). The project is to be finished by the end of 2015.
