The local authority decided in collaboration with members of NGO Veronica in Brno to organize a seminar that would help illuminate the situation of the water quality in the whole catchment of the Bojkovice water reservoir. The seminar was specifically designed to incorporate mayors, civil officers, workers whose activities affect water management, but also invited other interested parties, e.g. members of civic associations, including fishing associations. The seminar proved that alternative solution (CW treatment method) should be seriously considered. The construction of the plant started in July 1095 by a local construction company and started its operation in 1997.
In the next two decades, this catchment, and in particular projects implemented in Hostětín and surroundings, became the basis for education and training of environmental protection, sustainable development, presentation and environmentally friendly technologies, sustainability solutions of small settlement. A leader of these activities was a local NGO Veronica who initiated the established of eco-centres, workers cider, association “Tradice Bílých Karpat” and friendliness of the local community and the municipality.
A similar seminar was organized in the Upper Olšava basin ten years later in 2004, which aimed to create a repeating survey of surface water pollution. The outcome of the seminar was a collection of contributions from experts, basin managers, and administration involved in the survey. In 2004, under the umbrella of the eco-centre in Hostětín, a conference on "Rural Landscape" was organized to host the presentation of work, with significant involvement from university students. In 2006, funding allowed NGO Veronica to further the survey of the state of the surface water pollution, as well as construct a detailed monitoring plan of the WWTP in Hostětín in response to changes in the use of detergents with phosphates.
The driving force to change the unfavourable situation was through introducing the concept of sustainable development in the region. A practical application of the concept was attempted in several layers such as the application of economic self-sufficiency of the region, rebuilding a regional identity of locals, reviving the traditional crafts and technologies, involving more people in community and regional events, promotion of environmentally friendly lifestyles, strengthening social ties, and restoring local communities.