Local Plan for Sustainable Development of Sibiu Municipality

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MUNICIPALITY
Sewage networks currently operational:
- under 10 years 2 km
- between 10-20 years 67 km
- between 20-30 years 89 km
- between 30-40 years 15 km
- between 40-50 years 5 km
- over 50 years 74 km
STRONG POINTS
Few of old debts of the beneficiaries of water supply and
sewage services.
Numerous available water sources, with sufficient flow.
Very good relationship with water and materials suppliers.
Very good drinking water quality.
OPPORTUNITIES
A new approach to the conservation and protection of
environmental activities (according to the Romanian policy
for integration into the European Union).
Development of an important investment programme for the
water supply and sewage systems in Sibiu, the biggest part
of the financing being provided by the European Union –
ISPA Measure.
Water Partnership with the city of Lauingen on the Danube
River, with the support of the Bavaria Waters Office.
Development of a modern water sources management.
WEAK POINTS
High level of water losses in network.
The equipments and installations require great maintenance
expenses, as well as investment funds.
Insufficient trained personnel for development activities.
Insufficient metering devices.
RISKS
Low level of population buying capacity.
Decrease of local industrial activity, and implicitly of
expenditure.
Lack of stability in legal system.
Potential privatisation brings about inherent risks.
Relationship with the Concurrence Office and the other
governmental organisations involved.
Economic environment with inflationist tendencies.
Compulsions regarding the saving of drinking water.
Compulsions from the pollution level of wastewaters.
I.2.4. WASTE MANAGEMENT
In 2002, 122,860 m 3 of waste were collected in Sibiu.
From its source, municipal waste consists of:
• domestic waste - 59%;
• economic units waste - 27 %;
• municipal services waste (streets, markets,
green areas, mud from septic pits) - 14%.
In 2002, a decrease in the quantity of waste was
observed, due to the increase in the frequency of
waste collection and as well as the utilisation of metal
and wrap waste, and the decrease of construction and
demolition waste. Selective collection of domestic
waste was experimented only in Sibiu, without
conclusive results. Selective collected waste from the
Hipodrom district was disposed of at the municipal
landfill, without utilization. It appears that domestic
waste contains great quantities of recyclable
materials, such as glass, plastics, textiles and others.
The implementation of a selective collecting system is
imperative, as is the development of an infrastructure
liable to increase the level of the use of recycled
materials.
Significant changes in waste composition were not
noticed, except for the relative decrease in paper and
cardboard waste. According to two studies carried out
in Sibiu, the composition of collected domestic waste
was the following:
paper/cardboard 11 % 15.4%
plastic 8% 15.2%
glass 6% 3.8%
metals 3% 2.8%
textiles 3 % 4.3%
organic materials 53% 42.7%
others (inert) 16% 15.8%
The disposal of domestic waste is carried out by
depositing it on the ground, namely in a landfill which
does not fulfil the requirements regarding environment
protection. This landfill is not properly equipped,
according the legislation, and it is a polluting source.
Thus, the domestic waste landfill located on DJ 106
Sibiu – Agnita, on the Remetea hill and established in
1974, with an area of 5 ha and a waste storing volume
of about 250,000 m 3 – had to be closed in 2003,