Action C.6: Demonstration Site for the application of New Water Resources – Gozo
Concrete action
OBJECTIVE
This action proposes the development of a demonstration site at the Government Experimental Farm in Gozo for the application of New Water to agricultural irrigation. This activity will seek to raise awareness on tackling the public perception on New Water and will provide a showcase with tangible examples on the correct and safe application of New Water by different users. The action integrates also with the implementation of Malta’s 2nd River Basin Management.
- LEAD BENEFICIARYMinistry for Gozo
- LOCATIONMaltese Islands
- STATUSOngoing
- KEYWORDS new water, Waste water treatment, Ultra-filtration, Reverse osmosis, Advanced oxidation, Demonstration sites,
- RELATED ACTIONS A.4,
This action will serve to demonstrate the good, safe and reliable use of New Water, to promote it as an important part of Gozo’s sustainability strategy and effectively demonstrate to direct and indirect users the safe use of treated water in the agricultural sector. This will be done through the development of a Demonstration Centre on the application of New Water resources. The Demonstration Centre will include an advanced irrigation and fertigation system capable of supplying different water resources to different crop typologies. The trials and tests conducted will help establish a link between the use of borehole water and new water in the agricultural sector. In particular, the study is expected to show that the use of New Water is a safe and reliable alternative to borehole water when used for irrigation purposes.
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