Map of Environmental Hotspots in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Explore locations with preliminary environmental testing findings.
- 48 Locations
- 37 Municipalities
- 35 sites above the remediation value
- 13 sites above the limit value
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Above remediation value Former Sokolac Military Range
Former military range in the Sokolac municipality. Preliminary testing of soil, subsoil and groundwater found elevated copper and some other metals in the soil, along with some pesticide residues, while the groundwater sample was clean. The general conclusion of the report is that the location requires further detailed analysis.
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Above guideline value Nova Alumina
Nova Alumina is a large industrial complex in the Karakaj industrial zone, on the right bank of the river Drina north of Zvornik. It is an alumina (glinica) factory — the former "Birač" — with several production plants and power units, one of the biggest industrial complexes in the region. Soil testing showed that cadmium and chromium across the factory grounds, together with nickel and, in places, cobalt, zinc and lead, were above the level at which land is no longer considered clean — but no substance in the soil reached a level that would indicate a need for cleanup. In the water, lead exceeded the permitted limit in both the surface-water and the groundwater sample, while every other tested substance in the water stayed within limits.
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Above remediation value Novo Goražde Landfill
Novo Goražde is a non-sanitary landfill in Kopači, laid out on the site of an old quarry and in use since 1996–1997, receiving all types of waste. It is fenced, surrounded by forest and meadows, with farmland and the river Drina nearby. Two surface samples and one deeper soil sample were taken; the most serious findings were in the deeper layer at the lowest, burnt point of the landfill, where lead and zinc reached a level indicating a need for cleanup. Cadmium, cobalt and nickel were above the level at which land is no longer considered clean.
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Above remediation value Gradina Sludge Impoundment – ArcelorMittal Omarska
The site is the Gradina sludge impoundment, an industrial facility for depositing sludge from iron-ore processing within the ArcelorMittal mining complex in Prijedor. It was formed by building an earthen dam across a natural valley, creating a closed basin for settling sludge over about 119 hectares, almost without vegetation and with no residential buildings. This is the most contaminated of the three surveyed sites in the complex: in the deposited material, copper, nickel and cadmium reached a level indicating that cleanup is needed, and selenium reached that level in part of the deposits and in the lake sediment. In the impoundment lake several metals were above water-quality limits, while pollution linked to oil stayed within limits.
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Above remediation value Duratovačko Polje Landfill
An abandoned, unremediated municipal waste landfill near Kotor Varoš, formally out of use but still occasionally used for unauthorised dumping. Preliminary testing of soil, subsoil and water found selenium in the subsoil at a level indicating that cleanup is needed, along with several metals and pesticide residues above the level at which soil is no longer considered clean. The general conclusion of the report is that the location requires further detailed analysis.
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Above remediation value Former PS "Vitezit" Works
The site is part of the former "Vitezit" industrial complex in the Vitez industrial zone, spanning about a million square metres. The plant was founded in the 1950s and for decades produced mainly military-purpose materials — rocket fuels, industrial explosives and detonating cord — with a later PVC-processing line. After bankruptcy the land was parcelled and privatised; the surveyed part is today owned by the company Bioenergy and is used for material storage and pellet production. The Prala stream runs through the middle of the site, flowing downstream toward farmland and housing and into the river Lašva. Testing found selenium in the soil and in the stream sediment at a level indicating that cleanup is needed, and cadmium above the permitted limit in the stream water and in the on-site well. Several metals were also above the level at which land is no longer considered clean, while pollution linked to oil, solvents and explosives was not found above limits.
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Above remediation value Former Mediapan Factory
The site of the former Mediapan factory in Kaonik near Busovača was once a wood-processing plant, demolished during the 1990s; today the municipality runs a recycling yard on the grounds. The site is fenced with controlled entry and lies near the river Lašva, but without direct impact on the watercourse. Preliminary testing showed that, within the factory footprint, nickel in the surface and deeper soil reached the level indicating that cleanup is needed, while several other metals were above the level at which land is no longer considered clean. Along the Lašva bank and in the river sediment the contamination was much less pronounced.
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Above guideline value Obodina Landfill
The Obodina municipal waste landfill lies just outside Trebinje and has been the city's main disposal site for decades. Preliminary soil testing found several metals, and pollutants associated with combustion, above the level at which soil is no longer considered clean, while no finding reached the level indicating that cleanup is needed. The general conclusion of the report is that the location requires further detailed analysis.
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Above remediation value 3. Maj Barracks
The "3. maj" Barracks in Doboj is an active Ministry of Defence military site — a complex of about 22 hectares where ammunition and mine-explosive devices are destroyed, neutralised and maintained. Soil and water were tested. In the soil, one legacy pesticide reached a level indicating a need for cleanup, while several metals, compounds linked to combustion and other legacy pesticides were above the level at which soil is no longer considered clean. The stream entering the complex exceeds limits for manganese and nickel, but where it leaves the compound it is in the best water-quality class.
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