Drinking water as an existential public interest

The project promoter is dedicated to active participation in the protection of drinking groundwater in Slovakia. The organization was founded as a public response to the alarming state of pollution and threat to the largest groundwater reservoir in Europe in the locality of Žitný ostrov. The aim of this project is to address the interests of groundwater protection through advocacy at the national and local level, in particular with the responsible government institutions. The project promoter will prepare 4 initiatives with the intention to participate in and watchdog the state's actions in groundwater protection, to collect data and to inform and involve the public and also the media. At the same time, on the basis of the data and experience gained, it will submit to the Ministry of Environment a proposal for a new law to create an electronic information system on the status, use and protection of water and start building a platform for cooperation between all relevant actors.