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Pollution Control Equipment (POL)<br />
Overview Return to top<br />
<strong>In</strong>vestments into environmental protection over the past several years were around 20<br />
billion CZK per year. Most of the investment – over one third - has so far been targeted<br />
at wastewater treatment. Currently, almost 96 percent of waste water is treated in over<br />
2,000 waste water treatment plants (WWTP). Market demand for advanced<br />
technologies is mostly satisfied by imports. European companies dominate the market.<br />
The quality of tap drinking water is high. Nevertheless Czechs have become big<br />
consumers of bottled water. The use of home filtration systems is also growing slowly.<br />
With the recent repeated flood disasters, the government has also started to focus more<br />
on anti-flood measures. <strong>In</strong> the years 2007 – 2012, the Ministry of Agriculture plans to<br />
invest in this area CZK14 billion ($0.7 billion) - CZK10billion ($0.5 billion) for floodprevention<br />
measures, CZK4 billion ($0.2 billion) for reconstruction of ponds, construction<br />
of water reservoirs and land adjustments.<br />
<strong>In</strong> December 2008, the Finance Ministry announced a public contract for the complex<br />
liquidation of environmental damages created before major industries were privatized.<br />
All burdens are to be liquidated as one contract, the value of which is up to CZK115<br />
billion. Only a fourth of the environmental damage the state previously pledged to<br />
remove has actually been removed over the past 15 years. The deadline for the<br />
companies that were successful in the first round of the tender to submit their price bids<br />
is June 2010. Once the tender is awarded, it is expected that the demand for<br />
remediation technologies and services will grow quickly.<br />
Best Products/Services Return to top<br />
• Biodegradable waste treatment<br />
• Recycling technologies<br />
• Waste water treatment technologies<br />
• Brownfield remediation<br />
• Monitoring devices<br />
• Cleaner production practices<br />
Opportunities Return to top<br />
• Remediation tender: The Finance Ministry has initiated a public contract for the<br />
complex liquidation of environmental damages resulting from privatization.<br />
Remediation works are expected take several years.
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