In the light of the EU accession process, legislative directives will emerge as the primary driver of both the industrial wastewater, as well as the municipal water and wastewater treatment in Croatia.

The goal of the EU IPPC Directive is to achieve integrated prevention and pollution control arising from a wide range of activities by means of measures to prevent or, where that is not practicable, to reduce emissions from industrial facilities to air, water and land, including measures concerning waste, in order to achieve high level of protection of the environment as a whole.

This project aims to build the link between the emerging IPPC obligations to industry with emphasis to water and wastewater issues, and concrete pollution prevention (CP) and control measures that can be taken to lead to the full compliance to Directive. The project objectives will be achieved through the series of interactive training activities for several industrial sectors, and relevant authorities.

The main project goal is to build the capacity of industry, and other interested stakeholders for the implementation of forthcoming EU legislation, specifically related to water and wastewater issues. The specific objectives of the project are:

1. Provide insight into IPPC permitting, monitoring and reporting, BAT Concept, with emphasis on wastewater issues.

2. To provide the competent authorities and operators of the installations with training and guidelines for achieving compliance with IPPC Directive, regarding pollutant releases to water.

3. Present EU and regional best practices.

Expected results and impacts: