Ruse. UK construction and civil engineering company Hochtief Construction initiate the construction of a waste water treatment plant in the Danube town of Ruse. The project is worth almost EUR 23 million coming under the EU’s ISPA programme and from the state budget, as the online edition of The Dnevnik Daily reports.

By January 28, 2010 it should provide clean water to 240,000 consumers. The construction works will be supervised by tie-up of Germany’s JV Põyry Environment GmbH and Bulgaria’s Consulting Engineering Group under a EUR 1.275 million contract.