Study ‘Assessment of the state of ichthyofauna in the Bileca and Trebinje Reservoirs and Plan for Protection and Sustainable use’   Investor: MHC ‘Elektroprivreda’ RS, SC ‘Hidroelektrane na Trebisnjici’, Trebinje Implementation Period: 2013   The key attribute of the Trebisnjica System is its integrated multi-purpose character, which enables achievement of a complex structure of goals. In addition to hydropower, which as a highly profitable system has become the backbone of the developme...
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Flood Risk Management Plan for the Vrbas River Basin in the Republika Srpska   Investor: UNDP – B&H Project developers: Consortium of the Institute for Water Management Bijeljina & Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering of the Belgrade Civil Engineering Faculty Implementation year: 2018-2019   After the ‘RS Water Management Strategy’, this project is one of the most important documents of the water sector. It is a milestone in planning and operational water mana...
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Amendment to the Erosion Map, Development of the Torrential Basins Register and the Torrential Flood Susceptibility Model for the Vrbas River Basin   The data from the Report on Climate Change Impact in the Vrbas River Basin show that by the end of the century we can expect higher air temperatures and more days with precipitation greater than 20mm. This can produce extreme flow rates and greater floods than those recorded in the reference period of the 20th century in the Vrbas basin. The dev...
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Research, Monitoring and Data Processing to Determine Environmental Flow Downstream of the HET 2 Dam The aim of this Study is to adapt to the needs of the population in the region through the use of water for electricity production and the provision of clean water for water supply with maximum care for the environment. In particular, water related projects should improve ecological status (through the improvement of flow regimes and enhancement of biological diversity). In this particular ca...
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Study ‘Assessment of the Environmental Flow of the Drina Downstream from the Visegrad HPS in an Urban Section in the City of Visegrad’   This Study defines environmental flow (EF) appropriate to this particular system and observes the EF with detailed adaptation to hydraulic, climate and ecological conditions of this river section of the Drina, particularly through the urban area of Visegrad. Based on the available data from the Visegrad GS on the Drina, the environmental flow was calcul...
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Flood Hazard and Risk Maps in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Annex for the Trebisnjica River Basin District in the Republika Srpska   The Project Consortium of Bijeljina’s Institute for Water Management (IWM) and the Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering of the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Belgrade were tasked to develop flood hazard and flood risk maps for the Trebisnjica River Basin District (RBD) in the Republika Srpska (ES). This is part of the WB12-BIH-ENV-04 Project F...
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Preliminary and Detailed Designs Increasing the Capacity of the Trebisnjica River Channel in the Urban Area of the City (Institute for Water Management, Bijeljina, 2021)   The ‘Trebisnjica’ hydrosystem (HET) is one of the largest and most complex integrated water management systems in Southern Europe and is the largest development project in Eastern Herzegovina. The main facilities are Bileca and Trebinje multi-purpose reservoirs, which also have the role of active flood protection in t...
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Resource Document  on Monitoring of Waters and Data Exchange for the Drina River riparian countries   In November 2019, Zavod prepared Resource Document  on Monitoring of Waters and Data Exchange for the Drina River riparian countries. This document is a part of the on-going “Drina Nexus follow-up project”, implemented by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and funded by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, agreed with representatives Bosnia and H...
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DEVELOPMENT OF HYDRAULIC STUDIES AND MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR THE GRADISKA WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM WITH A DEVELOPMENT PLAN   The development of a key strategic document relating to utility infrastructure (‘Development of Mathematical Hydraulic Model for the Gradiska Water Supply and Sewerage System with a Development Plan’) was made during 2019 by the Project Consortium consisting of the Institute for Water Management Bijeljina & Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Eng...
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Nedeljko Sudar, B. Sc. Civil Engineering Position: Managing Director An expert in hydraulic engineering with 27 years’ experience in planning and construction of a wide range of hydraulic structures for the use of water resources, river management and water quality protection, as well as projects of complex integrated management systems. He specializes in mathematical modelling of systems for various purposes, in particular pressurized piping and open channel systems, and the transfer and appli...
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Vujadin Blagojevic, B. Sc. Civil Engineering Position: Deputy Director An expert in hydraulic engineering with 15 years’ experience in the development of numerous flood control projects and flood risk management. He specializes in mathematical modelling of river and canal systems. He was the key designer of several flood risk management and river management projects, of which the most important are: ‘Flood Hazard and Flood Risks Maps in the Vrbas River Basin’ (1D and 2D mathematical model of th...
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Zlatko Davidovic, B. Sc. Civil Engineering Position: Senior Consultant / Structural Engineering Designer A structural engineering expert with 28 years’ experience in construction of facilities of various purposes. He has experience in developing numerous projects for hydraulic engineering structures, low-rise and high-rise structures. He is a specialist for structural analyses and actively uses Radimpex software and other geotechnical calculation software when designing hydraulic and other struc...
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Snezana Vinterfeld, M. Sc. Civil Engineering Position: Senior Consultant / Hydraulic Engineering Designer An expert in hydraulic engineering with 25 years’ experience in numerous projects of irrigation systems, flood control, and analysis of environmental flows on rivers in the Republika Srpska, downstream of hydropower systems and on natural rivers. She has a good knowledge of measures and methods for improvement of flow regimes using management measures in the conditions of low flows, to achie...
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Dejan Hrkalovic, B. Sc. Civil Engineering Position: Senior Consultant / Hydraulic Engineering Designer  An expert in hydraulic engineering with 19 years’ experience specially engaged in the application of modern technologies in the design and planning of hydraulic engineering systems. He has years of experience in applying GIS technology (ESRI ArcGIS geospatial analyses and databases), multi-criteria analyses in designing and developing management plans in water sector. He was a Team Leader for...
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Svetlana Nikolic, M. Sc. Civil Engineering Position: Senior Consultant / Hydraulic Engineering Designer An expert in hydraulic engineering with 25 years’ experience mostly engaged in the control of flow regimes and the management of river channels, as well as in the development of flood risk management plans through planning the erosion control measures in river basins. She was a Chief Designer, Coordinator and a project team member in several flood control and management of water system project...
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Branislav Stevanovic, M. Sc. Civil Engineering Position: Senior Consultant / Hydraulic Engineering Designer A hydraulic engineer with 10 years’ experience in developing river management, flood control and urban hydraulic engineering projects. He analyses flow regimes in HEC-RAS and MIKE 11 software packages and uses GIS. He participated in the implementation of numerous projects as a member of the project team: detailed designs for the river channel management of the Vrbas in Banja Luka, the Bos...
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Obrad Sarcevic, M. Sc. Civil Engineering Position: Senior Consultant / Hydraulic Engineering Designer A hydraulic engineer with 7 years’ experience in designing river management, flood control and urban hydraulic engineering projects. He analyses flow regimes in HEC-RAS and MIKE 11 software packages, and uses EPA NET software package for pressurized piping systems and GIS. As a chief designer for urban hydraulic engineering, he implemented the project of rehabilitation, reconstruction, and devel...
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Marko Filipovic, M. Sc. Civil Engineering Position: Senior Consultant / Structural Engineering Designer As a structural engineer with 6 years’ experience, he designs hydraulic engineering works for hydraulic structures. As a responsible designer for structures, he completed the project of rehabilitation, reconstruction, and development of the water supply system in Gradiska, and among other projects, the reconstruction of the hatchery in Foca. He participated in numerous projects for structural ...
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Tamara Sudar, M. Sc. Civil Engineering Position: Senior Consultant / Hydraulic Engineering Designer A hydraulic engineer, with 4 years’ experience, works as a designer in hydraulic engineering, hydraulic management of water systems, and flood control projects. She is trained to carry out hydraulic analyses of flow regimes in HEC-RAS and MIKE 11 software package. As a responsible designer, she completed hydraulic analyses of the flood wave due to a potential breach of the Nedavic Dam (the Ulog HP...
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Milica Sudar, M. Sc. Civil Engineering Position: Senior Consultant / Hydraulic Engineering Designer A hydraulic engineer, with 4 years’ experience, works as a designer in hydraulic engineering, hydraulic management of water systems, hydropower, and flood control projects. Trained to carry out hydraulic analyses of flow regimes in HEC-RAS and MIKE 11 software package. As a responsible designer, she participated in the development of the Detailed Design for the Relocation of the Musnica River Chan...
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