to Protect Neretva and Bosna Rivers from Municipal Pollution
WASHINGTON, The World Bank Group - The World Bank today approved a Water Quality Protection Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project will be funded by a grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) of US$8.9 million, with expected contributions from the borrower and others of US$11.37 million equivalent.
The project will assist the government to further strengthen the capacity of local utilities and reduce pollution from municipal sources into the Bosna and Neretva Rivers.
“For years, both of these rivers have been gradually environmentally degraded by wastewater from communities and industrial facilities, and have become a source of pollutants for both the Danube, as well as the Adriatic and Mediterranean,” said Seema Manghee, the Task Manager for the project.“This GEF grant will assist to start addressing and improving this environment problem on these transboundary rivers.”
The project will be implemented between 2005-2010, and will further improve coordination between neighboring countries to share information and data on water quality and monitoring and evaluation.