Upon the initiative of the City of Vukovar and the Office of the Mayor Ivan Penava, in 2016, the donor action “Vukovar Water Tower – a symbol of Croatian unity“ aimed at the reconstruction and conservation of the Water Tower, encompassed over 5,000 individuals, over 1,000 legal entities, many cities and municipalities from Croatia and 17 countries in total. Today, the Water Tower is a memorial protected as a cultural asset. The Vukovar Water Tower is a witness to a time that shows with its wounds the sacrifice and a difficult path of all defenders who fought for a free and independent Croatia, and in so doing, it is justifiably called the symbol of Croatian unity.