Works contract of Wastewater Treatment Plant in Popovo was signed today in the Ministry of Environment and Water by Minister Dzhevdet Chakarov and the Austrian company Alpine Mayreder.

The project is financed under ISPA programme of the European Union.

The total value of the project is 11 860 433 Euro. 75 % of the sum is a grant from ISPA and 25 % - national co-financing. The project was approved by the European commission at the end of 2002.

The works contract amounts to 9 834 959 Euro. The construction is envisaged to be completed in May 2010.