Malta ‘facing’ water scarcity

Victor Vella

Mar 25th 2011, 11:28

How could that be under the Gonzi Par idejn sodi? I thought we have solved this problem. Under the Mintoff regime the PN supporters led by EFA used to go to Kastilja with bramel, tagnijiet, borom,platti, and I don`t know how many items. It seems that now is the time for our dear Joe or Joseph to go to Kastilja this time we`ll find Gonzi PN Par idejn sodi holding a pipe to wash us all. Where is the problem of water scarcity. In Malta we have no problems. The only problem is the Gonzi Regime and his 500€ a week he gave to himself and his sudditti, where they have any problem to have riha ta` mizza because they can afford to have a wash in their pools in summer. Poor Maltese moghoz. X`riha ta` mizza.

Joe Grech

Mar 23rd 2011, 22:14

''Until a few years ago, Malta had a “free for all” situation in the extraction of groundwater from the aquifer and it was only recently the government obliged borehole owners to register. Meters were being installed at such boreholes although water extraction, even by bottling companies and soft-drink producers, remained unbilled.''
The paragraph quoted above shows how inefficient, irresponsible, sleazy this administration - and other P.N. administrations - have been in this vitally important issue - the depletion of our one and only potable water resource. SHAME!
The Hon. Prime Minister should fire the Minister responsible for this serious malaise or better still resign himself.
It is certainly bizarre that drinks companies are allowed to literally steal our national water, and then sell us mineral water! And the Hon. P.M. knows that illegal water pumping is still going on. Government would have us believe it is correcting the situation - by metering boreholes!
But swimming pools owners and water service ''providers'' (from the national aquifier) continue the flagrant abuse - with the P.N / P.L. parliamentarians watching!
How on earth can citizens have faith in this administration? It stinks!

Vincent Ciliberti

Mar 23rd 2011, 21:33

Now this is unbelievable "....although water extraction, even by bottling companies and soft-drink producers, remained unbilled....."

DVella

Mar 23rd 2011, 17:13

So Malta just unveiled its 'Water Management Plan' . . . about twenty years too late (as usual) ! Oh, and after repeatedly and persistently ignoring the warnings of various different experts over the decades and to add insult to injury, trying to discredit what they were saying when it is now patently obvious that they were correct all along!

Charles Muscat

Mar 23rd 2011, 11:42

If the write had anything to do about global warming than, it is all rubbish.

C Borg

Mar 23rd 2011, 10:10

Tajjeb, first its oil thats scarce and we need to pay through the nose. Now that people are investing in solar to avoid the high old prices, we hear that food is suddenly going to get expensive. Now its water. Considering we have so much sea water that can be converted, this argument should fall flat on its face, but as we have seen the government/medai can and are able to sell ice to eskimos.

What next, fresh air. Ow wait i forgot, we already pay for that too with the bogus CO2 emissions tax.

Marco Cremona

Mar 23rd 2011, 09:51

On the 2nd May 2010, the Sunday Times published an article with the heading "Free use of groundwater must stop this year - EU" and goes on to say that "the free use of groundwater must stop before the end of the year (i.e. 2010) or Malta may face legal action".

We're past the first quarter of 2011, so I think I can ask "who's paying for groundwater?". If nobody is, is Malta facing legal action? And if not, who's fooling about - the journalist or the EU Commission?