38.6 per cent of daily water production comes from bore holes, Energy and Water Conservation Minister Konrad Mizzi said in reply to a parliamentary question today.

He said 32,700m3 of water is extracted from the water table every day, with another 52,000m3 coming from reverse osmosis plants.

RO production cost €16,505,860 last year.

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