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  • News & Media

    Ukraine Adopts Nine River Basin Management Plans: A Major Milestone Towards Sustainable Water Management

    Ukraine, one of the 15 ICPDR contracting parties, has officially adopted all its nine River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs), marking a significant step towards sustainable water management in line with European Union (EU) and international standards.

  • Publications

    IC 242 - Wastewater Management in the Danube River Basin (400.7 KB)

    A recommendation paper by the ICPDR, developed for the ongoing revision of the EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD).
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    River Basin Management Expert Group

    The River Basin Management Expert Group (RBM EG) provides guidance and coordination to ICPDR activities related to the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) in the Danube River Basin.

  • Legal Documents

    ToR RBM EG (270.94 KB)

    Terms of Reference of the River Basin Management Expert Group (RBM EG), IC-103 rev4-final 2021
  • Montenegro Facts & Figures (140.75 KB)

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    Montenegro

    Montenegro, literally meaning the “black mountain”, is a small upland country. Just over half of its territory lies within the Danube River Basin, the remainder being in the Adriatic Sea catchment. Notable Danube rivers are the Tara, Piva, Lim and Ćehotina and the Ibar. In October 2008, the Convention on Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Use of the Danube River came into force in Montenegro.

  • Maps & Data

    Sava River Basin Overview Map (1.55 MB)

    Sub-river Basin of the Danube River Basin District, January 2006
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    Organic Matter

    Organic pollution has been on the rise in the Danube over the last century, as human activities have resulted in increasing loads of wastewater rich in organic matter. The most serious organic pollution problems occur in tributaries that regularly receive untreated or inadequately treated wastewater from industrial plants and municipalities. Thanks to the significant improvement of wastewater infrastructure and services in the Danube countries, the basin-wide organic emissions reduced by 60% since the mid 2000s.

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    Sava Basin

    The Sava is the Danube's largest tributary of the Danube in terms of discharge and the second largest in terms of catchment area. The Sava is shared by Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro. The joint management arrangements acted as a pilot for the implementation of the European Union's Water Framework Directive for the Danube and Europe.