Illegal Construction Waste Dump Threatens Reservoir in Bulgarian Resort Town

An illegal construction waste dump has appeared less than 10 meters from the reservoir that feeds Hisarya. Garbage has been dumped for nearly 3 months on the highest hill of the resort town, which in 2015 won the “Greenest City of Bulgaria” award, BNT reported.

Almost two months ago, Mato Dzhumerkov uploaded a photo with the chambers of construction waste on social networks.

“The problem here is that this is the main sight in Hisarya, you can see it from the whole city, from Verigovo, from Hisarya, Momina Banya – everything is like in the palm of your hand,” explained Dzhumerkov.

People from nearby houses say that trucks come during the day and unload their cargo on the hill.

“The waste is terrible, the landfill is everywhere. If I go to throw away, they will come and fine me, but there is no one,” says Krastyo Vilov from Hisarya.

The landfill is located just a few steps away from the sanitary-security zone of the reservoir that supplies the entire Hisarya.

The municipality announced that after the photos on social networks, they contacted the police. It turned out that the trucks belonged to a company connected with the construction of a large hotel in the city. It is checked whether the investor has a mandatory contract with a company to remove the construction waste.

“If the company that builds the hotel does not have a contract with a company and permanently takes the waste somewhere, then the deed will be submitted to the company, if it has a contract, we will submit the deed to the company with which the contract was concluded,” said the mayor of Hisarya Penka Ganeva .

The owner of the field with the garbage can also be fined, the mayor specified. Some time ago, the specialized construction dump in Karlovo closed and now the waste has to be driven all the way to Plovdiv, which significantly increases the cost of the process. The regional environmental inspectorate has also started an investigation into the case.