Life Pilica Basin Tender

Duration 01-JAN-2021 to 31-DEC -2030Total budget 16821364.00 EU contribution 9784066.00 Project descriptionBackgroundThe Vistula river basin covers eastern Poland and accounts for almost 60 about 183 000 km2 of the countrys surface area. It covers the territory of 11 voivodeships administrative divisions similar to provinces. This project concerns the basins Pilica river catchment an area of over 9 200 km2 covering the territory of 93 municipalities and five voivodeships. The catchment contains four landscape parks protected areas in Poland 60 nature reserves and 34 Natura 2000 sites. There are 126 bodies of surface water in the Pilica catchment 16 of which are designated as heavily modified and 110 are natural. Due to their high natural and cultural values the Pilica catchment zone and the Sulejw Reservoir are important tourist sites of d Voivodeship. The EU Water Framework Directive requires Member States to achieve good ecological and chemical status for all bodies of water. However assessment of those in the Vistula river basin carried out for the second cycle of river basin management plans based on data from 2010-2012 showed that just 23 of the rivers in the Vistula basin had achieved good status. Only 21 of all water bodies in the Pilica river catchment had achieved good status.The upper and middle part of the Pilica river catchment were the subject of the LIFE project EKOROB LIFE08 ENVPL000519. This resulted in an action plan for reducing diffuse pollution in the Pilica catchment to achieve good ecological status of water in Sulejw Reservoir. The Pilica river catchment is one of 15 demonstration areas taking part in the Horizon 2020 project RECONECT.ObjectivesThe main goal of the IP LIFE PL Pilica Basin CTRL project is to improve water quality in the Pilica river catchment. Actions will focus on intensifying the implementation of various measures within the Pilica catchment including in Natura 2000 sites and other protected areas and building capacity in the Vistula basin. The measures originate from the Vistula River Basin Management Plan RBMP flood risk management plans and the action plan to reduce pollution in Pilica catchment developed in the LIFE EKOROB project. IP LIFE PL Pilica Basin CTRL will therefore contribute to implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive.The specific actions planned include Raising ecological awareness in the agricultural sector through a wide range of demonstration and ecological activities Providing support for waste water management in rural areas by developing strategic documents for local authorities at the processing stage and supporting fundraising from diverse sources Supporting waterretention measures and improvement of the hydromorphological conditions of streams by producing technical documentation for the national water authority and fundraising from different sources and Pilot investments in blu