Minister for Energy and Water Management Michael Farrugia has visited the ongoing work on the new Reverse Osmosis plant in Gozo, at the Water Services Corporation site in Hondoq ir-Rummien

The project is being undertaken by the WSC with an investment of €11 million and co-financed through EU Cohesion funds.

This plant will be one of the most advanced, the Minister said. Gozo will have a high quality water supply and Gozo’s demand for water will no longer be dependent on Malta, and the plant project will respect the surrounding environment, while offering a better future for the island, said Minister Farrugia.

He explained that the works are well advanced. Six boreholes at a depth of 100 metres in the sea have been completed and were installed with the devices needed, while the outfall will be installed when there are 10 days of good weather, other works in the main building are also almost ready.

The Reverse Osmosis will have the capacity to produce 9,000 cubic meters of fresh high quality water per day. Gozo has so far predominantly depended on Ground Water and on a submarine pipeline from Malta.

In the event of circumstances such as technical problems, the water can be pumped in the opposite direction – meaning if necessary, it can also supply water to Malta.

The plant reaches efficiency levels using just 3.1kwhr per meter cubed produced at a production cost of around 0.40c.

Also present for the visit was among others, Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri and Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds Stefan Zrinco Azzopardi.

Minister Camilleri said that the Reverse Osmosis plant will be “among the most efficient in the world,” allowing Gozo to become self-sufficient in this respect.

Photograph: MGOZ/George Scerri

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