The Tree of Life is available now in a second release for older pupils
21. 1. 2019

The Tree of Life is available now in a second release for older pupils

The programme, which was developed by SmVaK Ostrava and experts from EduLudus, an association providing innovative forms of education, will be available from the second semester onwards  as a new version which concentrates more on the social context and responsible handling of waste water. Ostrava, 21 January 2019. In April...

More than CZK 170 million invested into water business in the region of Frýdek-Místek
15. 1. 2019

More than CZK 170 million invested into water business in the region of Frýdek-Místek

Most finances, more than CZK 36 million, will be invested into the continuing reconstruction of the biggest water treatment plant near the Beskydy Mountains in Nová Ves u Frýdlantu nad Ostravicí.   Ostrava, 15 January 2019. More than CZK 73 million will be invested in 2019 into the backbone system...

120 businesses have been awarded the Tap Inspector’s Certificate
30. 8. 2018

120 businesses have been awarded the Tap Inspector’s Certificate

Ostrava, 30 August 2018.  The SmVaK’s Tap Inspector (this year, a young lady who will start her university studies soon) closed these holidays in Karviná, Bohumín and their surroundings.  The Tap Inspector has awarded another twelve businesses that are ready to offer drinking water from water taps to their customers....

Mayors perceive positively SmVaK Ostrava’s work
30. 4. 2018

Mayors perceive positively SmVaK Ostrava’s work

Mayors of approximately forty municipalities where SmVaK Ostrava provides its water services have taken part in meetings that are organised each year by SmVaK Ostrava staff in water facilities in the Moravian-Silesian Region (Nový Jičín, Opava, Frýdek-Místek and Karviná). The mayors listened to the Managing Director Anatol Pšenička who evaluated...

Households, companies and municipalities speak highly about quality and reliability of drinking water supplied by SmVaK Ostrava
14. 12. 2017

Households, companies and municipalities speak highly about quality and reliability of drinking water supplied by SmVaK Ostrava

More than 91% of households perceive the supplied drinking water as quality water. 90% of respondents have high opinion of SmVaK Ostrava’s activities. Ostrava, 14 December 2017.  95 per cent of representatives of municipalities have a high opinion of SmVaK Ostrava.  90% of those who represent companies spoke very highly...

More than CZK 0.75 billion will be invested in 2018 into water infrastructure. Water tariffs will remain below the Czech average.
28. 11. 2017

More than CZK 0.75 billion will be invested in 2018 into water infrastructure. Water tariffs will remain below the Czech average.

Water tariff and sewage charge will increase by 2.97% next year, reaching 81.07 CZK per cubic meter. Ostrava, 28 November 2017. Severomoravské vodovody a kanalizace Ostrava is going to invest CZK 530 million into  modernisation and development of water facilities and  CZK 223 million into repairs. The Board of Directors...

Ostrava hosted the most prestigious water conference in the CR
13. 11. 2017

Ostrava hosted the most prestigious water conference in the CR

It was Ostrava that hosted this year the most prestigious water event. On 7 and 8 November the Water Supply and Sewerage Association of the Czech Republic (“SOVAK ČR“)  organised in Ostrava the conference entitled Operation of Water and Wastewater Networks 2017. Every year, the conference takes part  in another...

SmVaK Ostrava: How to place comfortably an order for services
1. 11. 2017

SmVaK Ostrava: How to place comfortably an order for services

SmVaK Ostrava has launched today a new online tool so that customers could choose services comfortably at home Ostrava, 1 November 2017. In addition to supplies of quality drinking water and discharge and treatment of wastewater, SmVaK Ostrava offers many other services. In order to support potential customers even more, SmVaK...

Schools in the region are very interested in the educational game The Tree of the Life
30. 9. 2017

Schools in the region are very interested in the educational game The Tree of the Life

After the holiday, schools can enjoy again the unique educational programme that was developed by SmVaK Ostrava in cooperation with EduLudus, expert in innovative forms of education. Ostrava, 29 September 2017. Since 2016, the educational programme The Tree of the Life has been running in schools in sites where SmVaK...

CZK 8 million trenchless replacement of 5 km of water supplies in the Budišov area
15. 9. 2017

CZK 8 million trenchless replacement of 5 km of water supplies in the Budišov area

As SmVaK Ostrava does not supply drinking water to the military zone in Libavá and to Město Libavá anymore, it was necessary to make investments in order to improve supplies of water into Budišov nad Budišovkou - Podlesí. Ostrava, 15 September 2017 – As the drinking water to the military...