Slovakia (Total: USD 45,000) Watercourses are not Sewage! USD 6,650 NGO Name: TATRY civic association Project Leader: Rudolf Pado                                        Project Summary: The goal of the project is to involve various stakeholders (schools, local authorities, the Nature Protection Authority and the Slovak Environmental Inspectorate) and local citizens in improving the water quality of the Liptov region. The TATRY civic association plans to carry out an information campaign, publish and sell “water certificates,” and set up a Water Coalition. Seven groups of volunteers will clean up illegal dumpsites and streams to reduce municipal waste pollution, revitalise riparian forest buffers and monitor water quality in five rivers of the Liptov region. TATRY will organise an exhibition entitled, “Watercourses are not Sewage” at Liptov elementary and high schools. Proposal For Participatory Strategy to Decrease Water Sources Pollution in the Myjava River Basin  USD 5,000 NGO Name: Society for Sustainable Living in the Slovak Republic Project Leader: Vladimir Ira                                      Project Summary: The goal of the project is to assess Myjava River basin legislative, conceptual, institutional and environmental aspects that influence the level of water course pollution caused by nutrients and toxics, identify point and non-point hotspots and prepare proposals for improving its current state for relevant decision makers. The assessment will be based on a set of agreed criteria and indicators prepared for decision makers (river basin authorities, state authorities, municipalities, nature protection groups, local interests and community groups) that would ensure the improvement of Myjava River water quality in the long term. Management of Cicovske Mrtve Rameno National Nature Reserve  USD 5,000 NGO Name: TINCA regional environmental association Project Leader: Lubos Haltmar                                      Project Summary: The project strives to decrease the non-point pollution and nutrient load of the Cicovske mrtve rameno (the Danube river dead arm) national nature reserve by removal and drying of water macrophytes in cooperation with the Danube wetlands Protected Landscape Area and the Cicov local municipality. Management of water macrophytes will take place in September 2004. The goal of the project is also to increase environmental awareness of the public by seminars, local media and information panels. Revitalisation of Meadows and Nitrogen Reduction in Zitava Basin  USD 7,020 NGO Name: Bird Life Slovakia Project Leader: Rastislav Rybanic                                      Project Summary: The long-term goal of the project is to contribute to the decease of Danube River pollution and the protection of wetlands. The project will revitalise part of Zitava River basin and introduce a new flood regime and management of wetlands in the Zitavsky luh nature reserve (70-80 hectares). Bird Life Slovakia will revitalise 30 hectares of wetland meadow in arable land of the Zitava basin, and involve local partners and at least 40 volunteers in wetlands protection. The new flood regime will be embedded in a plan for saving Zitavsky luh and in the Zitava river basin management plan. The project is expected to contribute to the removal of roughly 7.8 tonnes of nitrogen per year from the Luh meadow and 10-15 tones of nitrogen per year from the Zitavsky luh. Martonka is Living Again USD 5,130 NGO Name: Nature Protection and Cultural Association of Poiplie – Ipel Union Project Leader: Silvia Nozdrovicka                                     Project Summary: The project’s goal is to remove the source of surface water and groundwater pollution from the Martonka flood area of the Ipel River in close cooperation with local municipalities, NGOs and citizens. Plant succession and illegal dumping of municipal waste are threatening the Martonka nature reserve (3.4 hectares). Ipel Union is planning clean-up actions, information meetings with local citizens and public relations activities. The project will foster partnerships among local municipalities, citizens and NGOs. River Coalitions: Cross-Sectoral Partnerships in Three Danube Sub-Basins in Slovakia  USD 5,800 NGO Name: SOSNA Project Leader: Samuel Pacenovsky                                     Project Summary: The project will support cooperation in decreasing water pollution in three Slovak regions through the formation of cross-sectoral partnerships. SOSNA will share experiences gained from setting up the cross-sectoral River Coalition, which focused on water and environment protection in the southern part of the Hornad River basin to parts of the Povazie and Poddunajska lowlands. A guide will be published on how to establish a river coalition, along with information leaflets, organised trainings for project partners (UMBRA and TATRY) and clean-up actions. Project activities will encourage active participation from the public. Small Reed Bed Wastewater Treatment Plant  USD 5,000 NGO Name: Creative Project Leader: Robert Zvara                                     Project Summary: The project will construct a pilot reed bed wastewater treatment plant that will serve as a model for the treatment of wastewaters from small communities in other parts of the Danube River Basin. The project will increase public awareness through a web page and an information leaflet. It will also promote the construction of new reed bed wastewater treatment plants and will provide a valuable input into updating the Slovak Technical Standard.

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