When the Ebro River Basin Authority (Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro – CHE) was established in 1926. It incorporated two elements which were radically innovative at the time: the natural watershed boundaries as the scale for water governance and water users’ opinions as part of the decision making process.

This part of the Sava Commission’s web-site is particularly dedicated to the Sava River Basin Management Plan (Sava RBMP). This micro-site has been created primarily for the purpose of the public consultation process on the draft Sava RBMP, and offered a possibility to the public to respond to the consultation online, and to learn how the comments provided are reflected in the Plan itself.

Every year hundreds of millions of litres of sewer water tainted with untreated sewage is dumped directly into the Ottawa River. The City of Ottawa has a plan to stop this appalling situation and Ecology Ottawa is working to make sure there is funding available to implement the plan.