Ljubljana will finally begin to upgrade its
sewerage network. The European Commission has approved 69 million EUR for a
major cohesion project for the separation and treatment of wastewater in the
area of the Ljubljansko polje aquifer, which is currently the largest one in
Slovenia. The project was presented – in the presence of the Prime Minister of
the Republic of Slovenia dr. Miro Cerar, minister without portfolio Alenka
Smrkolj and the Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning Irena Majcen –
by the mayors of Ljubljana, Medvode and Vodice, the president of the Public
lighting company Goran Bojović, the director of the Public company
Vodovod-kanalizacija Krištof Mlakar and the director of the company Riko Janez
Škrabec.
Riko will upgrade the wastewater treatment plant in the municipalities of
Ljubljana, Medvode and Vodice, which will not only remove nitrogen and
phosphorus compounds but also increase the plant’s capacity (from 360,000 PE to
550,000 PE). The project envisages the construction of new facilities: primary
sedimentation plant, hydrolysis facility, deep filtration, reception facility
for sediment and vehicle washing, phosphor precipitation station, gas station,
gas torch.
Riko will implement the project in partnership with OTV Veolia, which is
considered the largest company in the world dealing with wastewater and has
many years of experience since 1853. The project will be handed over to the
client in 2020.