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development of tourism and second homes in the area of sviščaki ...
ter, and wood, while also requiring that façades must be in natural hues of
stone and wood for all new construction and future renovations (Romih et
al., 2018). This measure will significantly improve the general appearance
of the second home settlement. The earliest possible adoption of the docu-
ment is also welcomed by the owners of the holiday dwellings in Sviščaki,
as this will finally allow them to regularise the status of land which their
holiday houses stand on, as currently not one of the plots with a build-
ing has an official number. The owners would like to purchase the land on
which their houses are located, though they are also willing to enter into a
long-term lease agreements with the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica (Ferko,
2013). Soon, every holiday house will stand on its own land parcel.
The OPPN Sviščaki envisages the maintenance of the potable wa-
ter supply in its existing form, using existing rainwater capturing systems
(Romih et al., 2018, 35), which is appropriate considering the amount pre-
cipitation in the area, and the existing infrastructure and technical know-
how regarding rain/snow water collection. Construction of a regional water
supply system from water sources at a lower altitude is not cost-effective at
present. We estimate, however, that the drinking water supply is not a lim-
iting factor for future tourism development in Sviščaki.
A major new gain for the holiday settlement will be the construction
of a sewage network and a central underground water treatment plant with
the capacity of 500 population equivalent (PE), to which all the existing and
planned facilities in Sviščaki will have to be connected. This implies that
the septic tanks in the holiday houses will lose their function. The motor-
home area in the central car park will also be connected to the sewage sys-
tem (Romih et al., 2018, 35). A separate system is planned for the disposal of
run-off rain water. The drainage water from the buildings’ roofs would be
retained and used for watering plants or as drinking water; from the sur-
faces of larger tourist establishments (hotel, bungalows, the large mountain
hut) and the hard-paved surfaces surrounding them as well as car parks,
water would be released into the reservoir planned for snow production
(Romih et al., 2018, 36). It is not known how the disposal of run-off rain
water would be carried out in the event that the construction of a reservoir
for snow production (for the ski runs) does not take place. The planned im-
provements also include a small water treatment plant with the capacity
of 50 PE, intended for the restaurant envisioned next to the ski run, which
could, however, also be replaced with a watertight septic tank (Romih et al.,
2018, 35; Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia 62, 2019).
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ter, and wood, while also requiring that façades must be in natural hues of
stone and wood for all new construction and future renovations (Romih et
al., 2018). This measure will significantly improve the general appearance
of the second home settlement. The earliest possible adoption of the docu-
ment is also welcomed by the owners of the holiday dwellings in Sviščaki,
as this will finally allow them to regularise the status of land which their
holiday houses stand on, as currently not one of the plots with a build-
ing has an official number. The owners would like to purchase the land on
which their houses are located, though they are also willing to enter into a
long-term lease agreements with the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica (Ferko,
2013). Soon, every holiday house will stand on its own land parcel.
The OPPN Sviščaki envisages the maintenance of the potable wa-
ter supply in its existing form, using existing rainwater capturing systems
(Romih et al., 2018, 35), which is appropriate considering the amount pre-
cipitation in the area, and the existing infrastructure and technical know-
how regarding rain/snow water collection. Construction of a regional water
supply system from water sources at a lower altitude is not cost-effective at
present. We estimate, however, that the drinking water supply is not a lim-
iting factor for future tourism development in Sviščaki.
A major new gain for the holiday settlement will be the construction
of a sewage network and a central underground water treatment plant with
the capacity of 500 population equivalent (PE), to which all the existing and
planned facilities in Sviščaki will have to be connected. This implies that
the septic tanks in the holiday houses will lose their function. The motor-
home area in the central car park will also be connected to the sewage sys-
tem (Romih et al., 2018, 35). A separate system is planned for the disposal of
run-off rain water. The drainage water from the buildings’ roofs would be
retained and used for watering plants or as drinking water; from the sur-
faces of larger tourist establishments (hotel, bungalows, the large mountain
hut) and the hard-paved surfaces surrounding them as well as car parks,
water would be released into the reservoir planned for snow production
(Romih et al., 2018, 36). It is not known how the disposal of run-off rain
water would be carried out in the event that the construction of a reservoir
for snow production (for the ski runs) does not take place. The planned im-
provements also include a small water treatment plant with the capacity
of 50 PE, intended for the restaurant envisioned next to the ski run, which
could, however, also be replaced with a watertight septic tank (Romih et al.,
2018, 35; Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia 62, 2019).
165
