The Lake Ohrid Environmental Protection Project has been successfully implemented and completed.
It is developed in several successive phases starting with the city water supply from 2005 and phases I-III with sewage, two stages in the treatment plant, replenishment of water supply systems in rural areas surrounding the city.

The sewerage project was divided into three phases: increasing protection measures to minimize pollution in Lake Ohrid from the sewerage in the town of Pogradec and surrounding villages.

The project constructed the first phase wastewater treatment plant with the primary collector and “1 Maji” pumping station. The second phase consisted of increasing the plant’s treatment capacity and chemical treatment of the final product by introducing into the system the “Bucimas, Gurras” pumping station and water discharge to the plant and finalizing the construction of the sewerage network in the town and surrounding villages.

This project has taken measures to improve the potable water supply of the villages and minimize informality by providing connections to dwellings and installing water meters, several potable water pump stations, and reservoirs.

Confronting difficulties such as high water levels, especially in lakeside areas, in-depth work, narrow areas, and geological formations from sandy to hard rock have been completed with the appropriate equipment and machinery and qualified personnel.

It is essential to emphasize establishing the SCADA monitoring and control system of the entire sewer network and the latest investment in the treatment plant, the completion of the newest water supply elements, and the increase of capacity and replacement of existing equipment.