Water supply and sanitation (Adriatic coast V)

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The water sector has been the focus of German development cooperation with Montenegro since 1999. As part of the overall water supply and wastewater disposal program on the Adriatic coast, the drinking water supply and wastewater disposal of five Montenegrin coastal communities in particular are being improved. The expansion, renovation and new construction of the municipal infrastructure are planned in several phases. The overall program is divided into various individual projects and includes both material investments and personnel support measures. The aim of the overall program is to guarantee a year-round drinking water supply for the population, improve wastewater disposal and cover the peak tourist demand in the summer months. This is intended to contribute to the country's economic development by promoting tourism, as well as to environmental and resource protection and to a sustainable structure in the water supply in the coastal region of Montenegro. Montenegro's EU accession process is also supported. The Adriatic Coast V programme aims primarily at a substantial improvement in drinking water supply and, to a lesser extent, wastewater disposal in the southernmost coastal municipality of Ulcinj, as well as a substantial improvement in wastewater disposal along the Adriatic coast through the partial financing of investments in Bar (sewerage network and sewage treatment plant) and Tivat (Tivat/Kotor sewage treatment plant). In Bar, only small residual investments were made in agreement with the city. This will enable more extensive investments to be made in Tivat and Ulcinj. Other individual projects that have been reviewed in advance, such as the sewage treatment plant in Ulcinj, the extension of the sewer network in Stoliv/Kotor and the Risan-Perast sewage system, will be financed from follow-up programmes.