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Neža Posnjak (SI) & Tibor Mikuska
(HR)
LCT Sava
River
Sava River in Slovenia - 3 large scale dams in upper Sava – 2 smaller scale planned; - 10 large scale dams planned in middle Sava stretch; - 4 large scale dams in lower Sava, 1 under construction (Brežice), 1 planned (Mokrice).
Total: 7 + 12 = 19 large scale dams
Conflicts: - hydropower; - angling; - nature conservation; - Hucho hucho; - benthos.
Middle Sava & Hucho hucho
Hucho hucho habitat + Natura 2000 = 10 new HEPPs ?!
Lower Sava
• Chain of 4 (6) HEPPs; Brežice HEPP is under construcion, Mokrice HEPP is in EIA process (we filed our complaint); • Natura 2000 – Spodnja Sava (Rutilus pigus virgo); • Benthos;
White Book on Balkan Rivers – spring 2016
HEPP Boštanj (nas-stik.si)
HEPP Brežice (nas-stik.si)
Rutilus pigus virgo
• 7 HPP from Slovenian border downstream Sisak (150 MW)
• 54 km long Sava-Sava channel • Navigability upstream Slovenia • 350 ha of new construction land • cost: 1,4 bill EUR • Affecting 130 km of river
Our response • Participation in all legal procedures (SEA, EIA, NIA)
concerning the project
• Writing complaints to official bodies against the project
• Inclusion of the Sava into NATURA 2000 network
• Organizing press trips to inform
public, officials and potential
funding bodies (e.g., EU funds)
• Developing alternative vision
for the Sava – river restoration,
green infrastructure and recreation
as primary goals
• Enhance the navigation class from existing III to IV (even Vb at some downstream stretches)
• 91 embankments (27 new embankments should be built to have 1 per 4 km), 200 T-groins (106 new planned to be built)
• 1.734 Mio m3 sediment planned to be excavated
• 1,2 Mio m3 stones and gravel expected to be used in the construction
• Project entirely within the Natura 2000 sites
• Cost: 82 Mio EUR + 4 Mio EUR/annually for maintenance
Our response
• Participation in all legal procedures (SEA, EIA, NIA) concerning the project
• Initiating court procedures against the project
• Complaints to EU Commission
• S.O.S Sava declaration – signed by 16 NGOs
• Developing alternative vision for the Sava – Sava White Book (river restoration and protection as primary goal)