Historical development and present state of drainage in the basin Karašica-Vučica

Vodoprivredno poduzeće Karašica – Vučica je osnovano s ciljem odvodnje suvišnih površinskih i podzemnih voda te provedbom adekvatnih agrotehničkih melioracija. Česte poplave su uzrokovane neuređenosti tokova rijeka Karašice i Vučice. Krčenjem tadašnjih šuma nastale su velike površine obradivog poljoprivrednog zemljišta. Najveći utjecaj u krčenju šuma je imala obitelj Gutmann. Svojim neracionalnim iskorištavanjem ugrozili su slavonske šume. Problemom odvodnjavanja suvišne vode na slivu Karašica – Vučica su se u 19.stoljeću bavili ondašnji veleposjednici. Dana 17. studenog 1898. osnovana je Zadruga za regulaciju potoka Karašice i Vučice te njihovih pritoka. Prvi upravljajući inženjer Zadruge bio je Franjo Kreutzer.Water Managment Karašica-Vučica has been established with the goal of drainage excess on underground and surface water and implementation an adequate agrotechnical meliorations on basin of KarašicaVučica. Frequent floodings are caused by flow fails of rivers Karašice and Vučice. Reclamations of forest in past created large cultivable surface of farmland. Bigest influence in raclamation had family Gutmann. With their irrationally exploitation they endangered Slavonian forests. The problem of redundant drainage on the basin of Karašica-Vučica in 19.century has been dealing local landed gentry. On 17.November,1898. has been established Cooperative for regulations of streams of Karašice and Vučice and their tributary. First controlling engineer of Cooperative was Franjo Kreutzer