Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000825/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Milan Zver (PPE)
The C0 sewer project, which will discharge waste water via groundwater along the Sava river and endanger the health and safety of the residents of Ljubljana, is opposed by many experts and by civil society. A committee of inquiry to identify abuses and illegalities in the construction of the sewer has heard a number of expert witnesses, including the former environment minister, who warned of the risk to health and the ecosystem which the project poses. The experts are calling for the construction of the sewer to be immediately halted so as to prevent a risk to public health involving a large number of people. They point out that parts of the C0 sewer that have already been built are visibly leaking, that the executive has failed to protect the aquifer, that the construction is prohibited under the VVO water protection regulation, and that the entire project will not meet the planned objective of ensuring sufficient waste water treatment and will not meet the conditions under which it is financed with EU funds.
I would therefore like to ask the Commission, which approved the project in 2017:
- 1.Will it examine the testimony given to the committee of inquiry to identify abuses and illegalities in the construction of the C0 connecting sewer by experts who identified such abuse and illegality?
- 2.Will it halt the C0 sewer construction project, and when?
- 3.What will be done to protect human health, given that the aquifer across which the C0 sewer is being built supplies 90% of Ljubljana, is critical infrastructure and is the only source of drinking water for 300 000 inhabitants and 150 000 daily visitors?
Submitted: 24.2.2025