Ecopatriotism: Zeti follows the scenario of Gračanica if part of its water is diverted to Krupac

Ecopatriotism claims that they were approached by the residents of the village of Zavrh in Nikšić and members of the "Rijeka je život" Association regarding the transfer of part of the waters of the Zeta River to the Krupac and Slano reservoirs.

"Implementation of the draft on the transfer of part of the waters of the Zeta River to the Krupac and Slano reservoirs for Montenegro means obtaining a new ecological black point, one that is threatened by the scenario of the Gračanica River, whose course, 29 kilometers long, has been devastated and turned into a landfill. Locals and from the Association are of the opinion that cleaning the Zeta quays is of great importance, because otherwise only waste will accumulate, which will increase the level of this river, and thus cause floods", according to the press release of Ecopatriotism.

They remind that a few years ago, the Government adopted the draft of the Local Site Study (LSL) for the transfer of part of the waters of the Zeta River to the Krupac and Slano reservoirs, and that the works are ongoing.

"According to the words of biologist Vuk Nikolić, this is happening despite the fact that Elektroprivreda tried to clean the bed about thirty years ago, but that attempt did not bear fruit and they caused a bigger disaster - they moved silt and sand, and those places where the Zeta was so deep are now are walkable. Nikolić emphasizes that any touching of this riverbed is bad, and that, if works of this kind are necessary, it is much better to clean the riverbed than to channel it or block it. "There are places that can be cleaned and deepen deposits of gravel, sand and clay, but there are rocky ones that cannot, and which are the majority, which will preserve the biodiversity that can be restored," emphasized Ecopatriotism.

They recall the remark of prof. Dr. Branko Radojičić from 2008, who then proposed to abandon all projects of the transfer of the Zeta River to Krupac and stated the reasons why it was not allowed to do so.

"Nine years after that remark, during the public presentation of the project in February 2017, for which Elektroprivreda emphasized that it would have energy and economic justification, local representatives, experts prof. dr Mićko Radulović and prof. Dr. Miodrag Kalađurević pointed out that the project will lead to more pronounced flooding of Miločan and Brezovac fields. The most critical segment that, as a fact in itself, disputes the draft of the Local Location Study is the Zeta River itself, which is flooded and that flood wave comes from the Upper Polish Vir. "Biologists advise that this impact of water be collected instead of being accumulated and partitioned, and the water would be collected directly from Estavela through pipes and thus transported and sent to Krupac," the announcement reads.