The ÉlőDuna project is currently the largest environmental investment to be implemented in Europe by 2010, which will fundamentally modernise the waste water treatment system and technology of Budapest, resulting in a significant increase of capacity, and as a result, the water of the Danube at Budapest will be clean again within a few years.
Beside its environmental significance, the project is not only outstanding in terms of its total budget, but it is also considered to be one of the most outstanding European projects in terms of the seven project elements to be constructed, the public procurement processes involved and the numerous cooperating partners to be included.
The wastewater treatment plant to be built on the northern part of the Csepel Island will ensure that the proportion of the biologically treated wastewater discharged to the river will rise to 95%, from the current value of 45 % due to the fact that the plant will be able to treat 350 thousand m3 of the daily 600 thousand m3 wastewater. The technology to be used will allow the complete vicinity of the plant to remain a green belt zone by occupying only the smallest area possible from the surface available. The plant will employ a closed-loop technology, complying with stringent noise and odour emission norms.
Apart from constructing the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant, the project also includes an investment to increase the capacity of the Buda Main Collector, three pumping stations (Ferencváros, Kelenföld and Albertfalva), the river crossings to Csepel under the Danube, the Csepel flood protection line, the composting plant as well as the building of the road connection to Csepel.
The total cost of the investment is €529,1 million, the eligible cost is €428,7 million, out of 65% is financed by the European Union from the Cohesion Fund, 20% by the Hungarian State and 15% by the Municipality.
On the professional pages of our website we try to share every piece of relevant information with you, thus you can get acquainted with the different elements of the project, their technical specifications, we will also publish current and upcoming public procurement notices, while also providing news and actualities that might be interesting for the professionals and will also introduce to you the managers, participants and cooperating partners of the project.
|
