Great Bačka Canal ( Serbian: /; ) is a

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which runs from Bezdan (on the

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) to

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(on the Tisa). The canal is long and part of the Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal system. The excavation works of Great Bačka Canal began in 1794 and went on until 1801 in

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. The bed of the canal is wide and wide at the top. The average depth is . The water of the canal is very polluted because it runs through industrial town Vrbas. Where the pollution is still unresolved. Crvenka and Kula waters are clear, and used for swimming and boat rides. The canal in Vrbas, not only is too small for navigation, but is also dangerous to bathe in due to the long-lasting pollution problem. The ministry of protection of environment of Serbia included it in the list of the country's "three black points". The pollution of the canal began in the second half of the 20th century. According to a number of researchers, the canal is considered one of the most polluted reservoirs in Europe and poses a threat to human health among the people living in nearby settlements. At the bottom of the canal there is up to 400,000 tons of silt which contains heavy metals and oil waste which also reach the rivers connected by the channel: the Danube and the Tisa. In 2008 the minister of environmental protection signed the Memorandum of canal cleaning.

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