The Right to Water initiative strongly condemns the negligence that led to the reappearance of nematodes (rollworms) in the water from the city water supply in Novi Sad, as well as the performance of the city leaders who drank a glass of water in front of the cameras and thus relativized the problem. The neglect and subsequent deterioration of the system led to the fact that citizens are once again receiving health-disputed drinking water, which is an inadmissible violation of the basic right to water as well as current regulations on the hygienic correctness of water. We demand urgent measures to ensure the availability of hygienically correct drinking water in terms of all physico-chemical and microbiological characteristics defined by the relevant Rulebook, as well as the full responsibility of those in charge of ensuring the public interest in water supply.

We, the undersigned scientists, hereby express our deep concern and strong opposition to the planned construction of the mini-hydroelectric power plant (MHP) "Studenica S4 - Gradina" on the Studenica River, in the city of Kraljevo, and we provide full support to the demands of citizens and their associations, and especially the citizens of Usce, for the suspension of all activities for the construction of the MHP in question, the prohibition of its construction, and the protection of the entire course of the Studenica River and its gorge.

On the occasion of World Water Day, the Network for Public Access to Water (Red Agua Pública - RAP) organized the event Public Policy and Water Justice in the Light of Water Financialization, held at the Congress of Spain.

The organization for political ecology Polekol sent a complaint to the Berne Convention, warning that the construction of the small hydroelectric plant Gradina on the river Studenica will endanger protected habitats and species of international importance.

Since April 2023, crayfish and the citizens of Prijepolje have been waiting for the declaration of the Ratajska river basin as a protected natural resource.

On the upper reaches of the Crni Timok, in the village of Mali Izvor in the municipality of Boljevac, in the immediate vicinity of the "Ponorske ćuprije" bridge, large amounts of sand and gravel were illegally mined during the winter, which led to the destruction of a part of the river bed and shore, damaged the habitat of protected species, and altered the course of the river, which caused catastrophic ecological consequences.