Three sets of water purification system grants have been launched with €1 million being allocated for the revised water purification system scheme.
These have been launched by the Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise to “encourage households to reduce single-use plastics through the means of water purification systems.”
The ‘Be Water Smart Scheme’ grants are to support households investing in water filtration and domestic reverse osmosis systems.
The scheme offers three types of grants, to cater for the different systems:
1. Be Water Smart: Water Guard, applicable for water filtration systems. The grant rate is of 40% of the purchase price and installation cost with a capping of €100.
2. Be Water Smart: RO Wave, applicable for reverse osmosis. The grant rate is of 15.25% of the purchase price and installation cost with a capping of €100
3. Be Water Smart: RO Recycle, applicable for reverse osmosis with wastewater returned to the residential water storage. The grant rate is of 40% of the purchase price and installation cost with a capping of €300.
The above amounts represent an increase from the previous grant, which stood at 15.25% on the purchase price and installation, with a capping of €70.
Minister Miriam Dalli explained that these schemes are a fit for all systems available on the market, including both water filtration and reverse osmosis systems.
It is estimated that the uptake of the scheme will result in the approximate reduction of 3 million plastic bottles per year. This will contribute to Malta’s efforts as part of its single-use plastic strategy as well as the waste management plan and waste reduction., the Minister said.
Since carbon footprint is also generated with the production and transportation required to provide plastic bottles and other single-use plastic items, the reduction of consumption of single-use plastic waste will lead to a reduction in the generation of carbon footprint.
For further information regarding the newly introduced schemes please visit www.servizz.gov.mt [1] or call 153.