Gzira reservoir to hold 10,000 cubic metres of rainwater

ben wood

Oct 26th 2012, 02:22

sounds good value to me!! thank you EU

Marco Cremona

Oct 25th 2012, 15:54

Soakaways also make good use of space as they are able to redirect significant volumes of water (numerous times the 10,000 cubic metres capacity) for recharge. On the other hand, a reservoir is only able to recover its volume once every year.

Given that government seems to be in favour of soakaways, we can expect that it now rehabilitates the various soakaways built in the 70s!

Marco Cremona

Oct 25th 2012, 15:50

In my opinion, soakaways are the most practical way to recover some stormwater in coastal locations at the end of a catchment (which would otherwise be lost to the sea), without risk to the part of the groundwater that is used for the potable water supply.

Marco Cremona

Oct 25th 2012, 15:35

However, it's a pity that a 60 million Euro project only has a 1 million euro component that attempts to recover something out of the millions of cubic metres of stormwater that it will channel to the sea every year. (so it is now on record that this project is 98.3% flood relief and 1.7% water recovery).

Lino Busuttil

Oct 25th 2012, 15:04

It's a fifty years back technology, Mintoff style bore holes. I hope common sense prevails and proper UPSTREAM catchments are biuildt not at the very END of the problem, at Gzira where the valley ubruptly ends by illogical development if the last 20 years in this area! Much needed reservoirs San gwann, Naxxar, Attard can stop this flow of water from creating havoc and being wasted!

Thomas Pace

Oct 25th 2012, 14:42

Some people just always say bla bla bla. This is a good initiative as we save more water. Well it is not enough but it is one step ahead.

Anthony Azzopardi

Oct 25th 2012, 14:08

How do we know that a soak-away so close to the sea will not have time to recharge the aquifer but merely drain away into the sea, and therefore money down the drain? If adequate studies were not done, would this not therefore be, by definition, a half-baked project?

j brincat

Oct 25th 2012, 14:00

Yes and I'm proud to announce that it would be completed in the anno mai.

How long have we recycled the same propaganda before an election!

At least come out with something original!


(jb)

Paul Caruana

Oct 25th 2012, 13:23

They should seriously consider digging additional underground tunnels to take some of the surface road traffic during peak congestion time - these should prove to be less controversial than overground flyovers!