[키프로스] 대통령, 담수화 플랜트 개관 선언

키프로스의 6번째 담수화 플랜트가 Nicos Anastasiades 대통령의 선언과 함께 개관했다고 밝혔다. Nicos Anastasiades 대통령은 행사에서 " 6번째 플랜트는 현재 존재하는 플랜트와 함께 다시 가뭄이 다시 발생하지 않도록 도울 것"이라고 전했다.

Vassilikos에 위치한 600만규모의 플랜트는 섬의 물 개발부의 네트워크를 통해 하루에 60,000㎥ 식수를 제공한다. 이 프로젝트는 키프로스의 Electricity Authority과 Israeli사의 합작이고 EAC는 일괄공급체계의 플랜트를 IDE Technologies로부터 받았다.

Anastasiades 대통령은 " 정부의 물 정책은 담수화 플랜트 건설로 끝나지 않았다. 농업의 관개를 위해 폐수를 처리하는 것같이 전통적이지 않은 새로운 방법 사용을 촉진할 계획이다. 정부는 또한 적은 물을 소비하는 농작물을 촉진하고 물 보호에 대한 인식을 향상시킬 예정"이라고 발표했다.

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Cyprus's sixth desalination plant plant, was inaugurated last week with a pledge from president Nicos Anastasiades that along with existing plants it would "guarantee that Cyprus will not face the problem of drought again."

The  6 million plant, located at Vassilikos supplies 60,000 m3 of drinking water a day to the to the island's Water Development Department's network. It is a venture between the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) and Israeli company, IDE Technologies whereby the EAC received a turnkey plant.
 
The initial deal was signed in 2009 and the plant should have been operational by February 2012 but the explosion at Mari naval base, adjacent to Vassilikos destroyed most of the work done until that point..
 
Anastasiades said the government's water policies did not end with creating desalination units. He said it was promoting the use of other non-conventional methods such as the treatment of wastewater for irrigation of agricultural crops. The government was also promoting the planting of crops that consumed less water, and working on raising awareness of water conservation.

"Cyprus could learn a lot from Israel on the importance of technology," Anastasiades said. "We hope that soon we will have the opportunity to launch several other projects that will be undertaken jointly by various agencies, both public and private sector in Israel and Cyprus," he added.

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2014년 7월 8일]