Cleaner Water

Water quality and its accessibility for inhabitants and tourists are important in Jurmala. Also Lielupe river and Riga Sea Bay on which coasts several swimming places are located would benefit on it. Therefore implementation of Jurmala water services development project has been started.

During short-term investment programme new wastewater treatment plant in Jurmala will be constructed, which will treat wastewater from half of the city. Wastewater from the other side of the city is pumped to the nearly located waste-water treatment plant in Riga thanks to support from PHARE programme. Long-term investment programme indicates changes until 2015, when practically all houses will be provided with the possibility to connect to water supply network with high quality water as well as to unified sewerage network.

Currently the tender documentation is prepared in order to begin the construction of new wastewater treatment plant in October 2004. After its completion several small local waste-water treatment facilities as well as whole Kemeri residential area will be connected. It will diminish infiltration of wastewater into the ground-water. In the largest residential area iron removal plant will be constructed, which will provide good quality water to approx. 22500 inhabitants. Two existing iron removal plants will be renovated. Part of gravity sewers will be rehabilitated and flushed. New sewerage network will be constructed in the living area in which small-store buildings dominate. In other city area water supply network will be extended.

Grants from ISPA, SIDA and NEFCO covers 60% costs of implementation of short-term plan. The rest is covered by Jurmala, municipal company and by the State.