• unusual colour of the water,
• unusual odour of the water,
• occurrence of a fat surface film on the water,
• oil spots on the water,
• floating matters creating sediments or foam on the water,
• dead fish in the water or unusual behaviour of fish in the water,
• spilt oil substances on the ground, spilt or dispersed chemicals on the ground, prohibited occurrence of hazardous waste near a river.

Any negative consequences and damage in the surface and ground waters, including the water ecosystems, may be mitigated by immediate destruction and removal of the hazardous consequences of extraordinary deterioration of waters.

Any extraordinary deterioration of quality of waters or extraordinary impairment of quality of waters should be reported immediately upon finding to the Slovak Environmental Inspection, the Environmental Inspectorates, Water Protection Inspection Departments by calling free phone numbers 24 hours a day.

Fire and Rescue Brigade 150
Police of the Slovak Republic 158
Integrated Rescue System 112

• Environmental Inspectorate in Bratislava,
  Water Protection Inspection Department
  Tel.: 02/ 53 41 73 17
  fax: 02/ 53 41 73 22
  24 hour service – Tel.: 0903 770 102
  Districts: Bratislava I - V, Malacky, Pezinok, Senec, Dunajska Streda, Senica, Skalica, Myjava, Komarno,

• Branch Office in Nitra, Water Protection
  Inspection Department
  Tel.: 037/ 651 37 71
  Fax: 037/ 651 37 19
  24 hour service – Tel.: 0903 770 163
  Districts: Nitra, Nove Zamky, Levice, Sala, Topolcany, Zlate Moravce, Trnava, Galanta, Hlohovec, Banovce nad Bebravou, Piestany, Partizanske,

• Environmental Inspectorate in Banska Bystrica
  Tel.: 048/ 471 96 70
  Fax: 048/471 96 15
  24 hour service – Tel.: 0903 770 173
  Districts: Banska Bystrica, Brezno, Zvolen, Detva, Poltar, Lucenec, Rim. Sobota, Revuca, Krupina, Banska Stiavnica, Velky Krtis, Ziar nad Hronom, Zarnovica, Prievidza

• Environmental Inspectorate in Zilina
  Tel.: 041/ 562 16 09
  Fax: 041/ 562 17 70
  24 hour service – Tel.: 0903 770 065
  Districts: Zilina, Lipt. Mikulas, Ruzomberok, Dolny Kubin, Namestovo, Martin, Cadca, Bytca, Kysucke Nove Mesto, Trencin, Turcianske Teplice, Povazska Bystrica, Puchov, Ilava, Nove Mesto nad Vahom, Tvrdosin

• Environmental Inspectorate in Kosice
  Tel.: 055/ 633 29 13
  Fax: 055/632 48 95
  24 hour service – Tel.: 0903 770 174
  Districts: Kosice I. – IV., Kosice - district, Michalovce, Sobrance, Spisska N. Ves, Gelnica, Trebisov, Presov, Levoca, Medzilaborce, Poprad, Bardejov, Humenne, Kezmarok, Sabinov, Snina, St. Lubovna, Stropkov, Vranov/Toplou, Svidnik, Roznava

The inspectors have imposed, for contamination of the environment, more penalties than in the last year. In the first half-year, the inspectors of four regional inspectorates in Bratislava, Banska Bystrica, Zilina, and Kosice performed in aggregate 1,318 controls and found violation of legal regulations in 504 cases. They imposed 362 penalties in the total amount of 9.93 million Crowns.

For the same period of the last year, they performed 1,363 controls and imposed 289 penalties in the amount of 6.57 million Crowns. The increased amount of penalties was caused especially by the high penalty of 2.5 million Crowns imposed on the firm Biotika in Slovenska Lupca for extraordinary contamination of water in the river Hron.

As the SEI´s General Manager Mr. Oto Hornak said, the primary aim of the inspecting activities is not to impose penalties, but to improve the legal consciousness and to reduce the number of cases of violation of legal regulations.

In addition, in the first half-year, the SEI received and investigated ten complaints, of which six were unreasonable, and only two of them were resolved within its competence.

Information and Contact:

Slovak Environmental Inspection
Headquarters
Karloveska 2, 842 22 BRATISLAVA
Tel: 00421 2 654 22 408
Telefax: 00421 2 602 92 525