Great Bačka Canal

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Bridge across Great Bačka Canal in Srbobran.
Old railway bridge across Great BačkaCanal near Nadalj.
Sluice near Bečej that connects Great Bačka Canal and Tisza

Great Bačka Canal (Serbian: Велики бачки канал/Veliki bački kanal) is a canal in Serbia which runs from Bezdan (on Danube) to Bečej (on Tisa). The canal is 118 km long and it is part of Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal system. Excavation of Great Bačka Canal begun in 1794 and lasted until 1801. Bed of the canal is 17 m wide and at the top is 25 m wide. Average depth is 3 m. Water in the canal is very polluted due to fact that it runs through industrial towns such as Vrbas, Kula and Crvenka.

Because of long pollution the channel not only is too small for navigation, but also is dangerous to the bathing. The ministry of protection of environment of Serbia included it in the list of «three black points» the countries.[1] Pollution of the channel began in the second half of the 20th century with plumes of waste in its waters. According to a number of researchers, the channel is considered one of the most polluted reservoirs in Europe and poses threat for the human health, living in nearby settlements. At the bottom of the channel is to 400 000 tons of silt which contains heavy metals and an oil waste which also get to the rivers connected by the channel — Danube and to the Tisa. In 2008 the minister of protection of environment signed the Memorandum of channel cleaning.

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  1. ↑ http://www.ekoplan.gov.rs/src/upload-centar/dokumenti/izvestaji/izvestaj_o_radu_ministarstva.pdf

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