Development organizations
BATA CANAL, benevolent company
The Bata Canal benevolent company was established in 2002 and it shields the entire waterway essentially. Its activity is to ensure the operation, to coordinate the activities of state administration bodies, local self-government authorities and entrepreneurs, to promote the waterway at travel movement fairs, in mass media, to publish the promotion materials and to support the business activities along the Bata Canal. It operates the Bata-Canal Information Centre. Until recently, the benevolent company’s activities have been financed by the fees provided by towns and villages grouped within the charitable fund “The Agency for the Tourism Development on the Bata-Canal”. After its activity had been terminated, within the territories of the Region of Zlín and the South-Moravian Region the voluntary associations of communities were founded, which – among others – shield the financing of activities on the Bata-Canal. Those two associations –Association of Communities for the Development of the Bata Canal and Waterways on the Morava Riverin the Region of Zlín; and Communities for Bata Canal in the South-Moravian Region cooperate with the benevolent company. Their main objective is to utilize the tourist potential of this waterway in a more effective way and to develop it.
Zámecká 2, 698 01 Veselí nad Moravou,
Tel.: +420 518 325 330,
Email: abk@batacanal.cz, http: www.batacanal.cz
ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BATA CANAL AND WATERWAYS ON THE MORAVA RIVER
Masarykovo nám. 21, 686 01 Uherské Hradiště
Tel.: +420 774 250 750
Email: durdak@batacanal.cz
COMMUNITIES OR BATA CANAL
Masarykovo nám.1, 695 01 Hodonín
Tel.: +420 724 570 450
Email: belochova@batacanal.cz
SOUTH-MORAVIAN REGION
An important supporter of the waterway development
Regional authority of the South-Moravian Region
Žerotínovo náměstí 3/5, 601 085 Brno
Tel.: +420 541 651 111
Email: posta@kr-jihomoravsky.cz; www.kr-jihomoravsky.cz
REGION OF ZLÍN
An important supporter of the waterway development
Regional authority of the Region of Zlín
Třída Tomáše Bati 21, 761 90 Zlín
Tel.: +420 577 043 200
Email : podatelna@kr-zlinsky.cz; www.kr-zlinsky.cz
DIRECTORATE OF WATERWAYS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
The Directorate of Waterways of the Czech Republic (Ředitelství vodních cest) is a state authority set up by the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic, especially to ensure the preparation and implementation of the construction and modernisation of segments of significant waterways, and other buildings required for operation on waterways. Recently, just the Directorate of Waterways of the Czech Republic has taken the largest part in reconstruction and modernization of the Bata Canal – its investment amount between 1998 and 2008 for this waterway reaches about 130 mil. CZK. For the coming years, other investments are prepared, mainly the extension of navigability to the towns Hodonín and Kroměříž, which should contribute to the development of this popular waterway significantly. The investments should amount to about 300 mil. CZK.
Directorate of Waterways of the Czech Republic (Ředitelství vodních cest)
Vinohradská 184, 130 52 Prague 3
Tel.: +420 267 132 801
Email: rvccr@rvccr.cz; www.rvccr.cz
POVODÍ MORAVY (THE MORAVA RIVER BASIN), STATE ENTERPRISE
The state enterprise with its head office in Brno manages important watercourses and waterworks in the territory with 21 423 km2, covering a significant part of Moravia. The managed Morava River basin’s territory is situated between the Bohemian Highlands, the Western Carpathians and the Pannonic province – in the region belonging to the Black Sea drainage area hydrologically. The main rivers – Morava and Thaya – form two hydrologically different units – the longitudinal form of the Morava River basin with a dominant tributary of Bečva, and the fan-shaped form of the Thaya River basin with the tributaries of Jihlava and Svratka. The territorial competence of Povodí Moravy, s.p., touches the areas of seven regions.
The enterprise Povodí Moravy, s.p., is divided into 3 plants and 17 operational branches with 740 employees in total.
The waterworks (28 reservoirs, 204 weirs, 1 100 km protective flood dams, 14 small water power plants, 21 navigation canals and 13 lock chambers, 9 ponds, 15 pumping stations, 36 drainage channels etc), managed by the enterprise Povodí Moravy, s.p., serve for controlled flowing off, flood protection, ensuring the water for industry, water-supply systems, agriculture, water power utilization and navigation. The total length of watercourses managed by the enterprise Povodí Moravy, s.p, is 3 988,515 km.
The Deed of Foundation determines the basic mission of the enterprise – the principal matter of the enterprise’s activity is management, operation and maintenance of watercourses and waterworks and related equipment; ensuring the water-supply from watercourses and reservoirs in the range of water management permits; ensuring the flood protection; preparation and implementation of construction of waterworks; repairs of building, transport and mechanical machines; design and geodetic works; water analyses and activities related to the State Water Management Plan. By operation of Act on domestic navigation No.114/95 Col., Povodí Moravy, s.p., Brno is administrator of the Bata Canal waterway. With efficiency of this Act on 1 October 1995, Bata Canal was classified as the significant used waterway.
Povodí Moravy, s.p. (Morava River Basin, state enterprise)
Dřevařská 11, 601 75 Brno
Tel.: +420 541 637 111
Email: sekretariatGR@povodi.cz; www.pmo.cz