Igor Uremović, the long-standing director of Vodovod i odvodnja Žrnovnica Crikvenica Vinodol (Žrnovnica Crikvenica Vinodol Water and Sewerage Utility) based in Novi Vinodolski, is stepping down as director after nearly 20 years of leading the company. At a meeting of the Management Board of Hrvatske vode (Croatian Waters), he was appointed director of the Water Management Department for the Northern Adriatic basins.
The appointment was made by a decision of the chair of the Management Board of Croatian Waters, Minister Marija Vučković. This move sees Uremović transition from heading a municipal utility to a position within the national water management institution.
At a meeting of the General Assembly of Vodovod i odvodnja Žrnovnica Crikvenica Vinodol, the assembly thanked Director Uremović for his successful leadership of the company. The session was chaired by the assembly president and Crikvenica mayor Ivona Matošić Gašparović, while assembly members included Tomislav Cvitković, mayor of Novi Vinodolski, and Daniel Grbić, mayor of Vinodolska općina (Vinodol Municipality).
Uremović thanked all current and former members of the General Assembly and Supervisory Board, as well as employees and colleagues, for their cooperation over the past two decades. During his tenure, almost €150,000,000 including VAT was invested in the company's assets.
Project documentation currently in preparation or for which construction permits have been obtained is worth more than €4,500,000. This documentation is expected to generate over €80,000,000 in new investments in the service area of Vodovod i odvodnja Žrnovnica Crikvenica Vinodol.
Igor Uremović stated that the development of the entire region and the quality of life within it depend on drinking water, a clean sea and the environment as a whole. He also noted that VIO Žrnovnica Crikvenica Vinodol has been and will remain an important factor in these aspirations.
