In Serbia, in the next two decades, investments in wastewater treatment will be around 20 billion euros, it was said today at the Business Forum in the Serbian Chamber of Commerce.
Mihailo Vesovic, Director of the Sector for Strategic Analysis, Services and Internationalization of PKS, said that the management and treatment of wastewater and drinking water are perhaps the biggest problems that Serbia has in the field of environment.
According to him, the treatment of wastewater only with city and municipal collectors is no longer sufficient for treatment, but it is necessary for companies to pre-treat industrial wastewater, and another treatment in municipal and city collectors is necessary.
Vesovic emphasized that the automation of that process is at a high level, but that it requires the application of new knowledge and technologies.
“It is necessary for the companies themselves to understand what is dangerous in their wastewater and how it can be treated,” Vasovic said at a gathering organized by the PKS and the Israeli Embassy.
He announced that the PKS would open an office in Israel “which will help Serbian and Israeli businessmen to cooperate faster and easier”.
The director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Filip Radovic, said that the latest analysis showed that 14.4 percent of wastewater is treated in Serbia, which is insufficient and far from what Serbia strives for.
Israeli Ambassador Jahel Vilan said that supplying Israel with clean water is not just an environmental issue, because it contributes to peace and stability in the Middle East, Novi Magazin reports.
