ISPA INFORMATION SHEET Measure No 2001 HU 16 P PE 009
Measure title Extension of the sewerage system of Pécs and protection of the vulnerable water resource areas in Pécs, Hungary
Authority responsible for implementation
Name: Ministry for Environment
Address: Hungary, 1011 Budapest, Fö u. 44-50
E-mail: [email protected]
Description
Pécs is an important administrative, commercial, industrial and cultural centre in the South Transdanubia region. The project located in this region comprises two components:
(1) The extension of the municipal sewer network of Pécs to the suburban area not currently connected and which represents approximately 18% of the local population. It will involve the construction of a sewage system about 113 kms long in the non- canalised districts of Pécs located in the protection zone of the drinking water resources. The domestic sewage presently emitted infiltrates through the karstic limestone layer into subsurface waters. The additional collected municipal wastewater will be treated in the existing urban sewage treatment plant which currently has sufficient free capacity. The project has been divided into 10 major sewer sub-projects pertaining to particular districts of the agglomeration.
(2) The establishment of a monitoring system for the whole area of the local water resources providing drinking water for Pécs and the neighbouring villages. The Hungarian state is subsidising remediation works focused on the extraction and treatment of polluted groundwater at tailing ponds in which refuse from abandoned uranium mines, and ore processing and milling activity was deposited. There is presently no appropriate monitoring system for observing and registering the efficiency of the remediation process. The proposed monitoring system aims at verifying the quality of surface and subsurface waters in the these areas and should also provide information about the biological conditions of the region's environment. The data produced during monitoring will be entered into a modern computerised geographical information system which will be installed in local government buildings in the 5 major settlements providing constant public access to the results of environmental monitoring.
Estimated completion date of the measure: end 2005.
1 Objectives
The main objective of the measure in the enhanced long-term protection of the vulnerable drinking water resources and the attainment of good groundwater quality in the city of Pécs and its surroundings by means of the completion of the sewerage system and the establishment of a special local groundwater monitoring system aimed at the continuous measurement of the pollution of drinking water sources.
Economic and social cost-benefit analysis
A number of benefits will result from this project including decreasing the hazards for drinking water aquifers and wells in the area, an improvement in the quality of subsurface waters and a decrease in soil pollution, a decrease in illness and damage to health related to water and soil contamination, an increase in the quality of life of those newly connect to sewerage, new jobs will be created, the value of real estate will increase, conditions for tourism and economic development will improve.
Environmental Impact Analysis
Based upon the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive 85/337/EEC as amended by Directive 97/11/EEC, and upon Hungarian legislation, an environmental impact assessment is not required for this project.
Cost and assistance (in €)
Total cost Private Non eligible Total ISPA grant Grant Rate sector expenditure eligible cost % contribution
21 755 000 0 48 000 21 707 000 10 853 500 50
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