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Offline Maik

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Water shortage
« on: Friday, 26 September, 2014 @ 22:22:39 »
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Getting water to Greek islands a costly affair

In the past nine years the General Secretariat for the Aegean and Island Policy has spent the staggering sum of 68.4 million euros on the transportation of water to Greece’s arid islands – millions of euros that have basically evaporated, used to bring temporary relief rather than a permanent solution. An even greater shame is the fact that much of the water is lost owing to leaky and ill-maintained island water grids.

It is estimated that there are around 45 desalination units in the Aegean today. No one can say exactly how many there are or how much drinking water they produce as there is no central record and they have not all been installed by the same company or state body. There is also a number of plants which have been paid for and installed but are not operating; the government aims to have them all up and running by May 2015.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite2_1_26/09/2014_543256