As part of the project, Municipality Duplek will upgrade the faecal sludge sewer in six areas of the agglomeration Zgornji Duplek, namely in the areas Zapolutke-Kamenščak, Zabrege, south of the state road Maribor-Vurberk-Ptuj and the settlement Žitečka vas (phase one and phase four). The investment will result in setting up sewerage pipes in the total length of 8.8 kilometres and the construction of 8 pumping stations. The project will also result in the construction of 1,075 metres of low-voltage supply with the reconstruction of the transformer station Žitečka vas-Poštrak (replacing the 160 kVA transformer station with a 250 kVA one).    

The investment will connect 892 inhabitants from 260 households within the agglomeration to the public sewerage network.   

The implementation of the project will start in June 2021 and is planned to be completed by November 2022.

The project is already the second project approved this month to receive EU funding for wastewater collection and treatment in the Drava River basin. At the beginning of June, Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy approved EUR 533 thousand for the project, implemented by the Municipality Šentilj, focusing on reducing the emission of harmful substances into the water.