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dc.contributor.author | David, Spiteri | |
dc.contributor.author | Chris, Scerri | |
dc.contributor.author | Vasilis, Valdramidis | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-21T06:27:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-21T06:27:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-05-25 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Malta Journal of Health Sciences. 2015, p. 22-25. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/14091 | |
dc.description | This work was supported by a Malta Government Scholarship Scheme grant awarded to David Spiteri and by the University of Malta Research Fund (Grant DES/192/2014/46). | en_GB |
dc.description | This work was supported by a Malta Government Scholarship Scheme grant awarded to David Spiteri and by the University of Malta Research Fund (Grant DES/192/2014/46). | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | This commentary addresses issues related to the scarcity of water in the Maltese Islands and its main causes. Some basic metrics related to the abstraction of freshwater, contamination of groundwater by nitrate and the limitations and challenges of the water sources in the Maltese Islands are highlighted. Hereafter, the relation between water scarcity, rainfall and population density, as well as the resultant effects on the sustainability of the freshwater sources of the Maltese Islands are presented. The current focus is on the production of good quality water based on a number of Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants that are found around the Maltese Islands. The significant energy requirements of this technology are compared with those for groundwater and wastewater treatment production. Current practices in the Maltese Islands regarding the treatment and use of sewage effluent by Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) are described. The use of treated sewage effluent as an alternative source of water to RO water and of groundwater for second class uses is discussed. This paper concludes that the technology needed to employ treated effluents for unrestricted agricultural use and also for aquifer recharge is now in existence. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Malta Journal of Health Sciences | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Water -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Distilled water | en_GB |
dc.subject | Groundwater | en_GB |
dc.subject | Reverse osmosis | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sewage | en_GB |
dc.subject | Aquifer storage recovery -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Wellhead protection | en_GB |
dc.subject | Groundwater recharge | en_GB |
dc.subject | Fresh water | en_GB |
dc.title | The current situation for the water sources in the Maltese Islands | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.14614/WATERMALTA.2.1.22 | |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacHScFSEH |
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