Works on an €11m reverse osmosis plant in Gozo are set to begin in “a few weeks” after a contract for the water generation facility was signed.

The facility, which was granted planning approval in September, will have the capacity to produce 9,000 cubic metres of fresh water per day, at a production cost of around €0.40 per cubic metre.

It will be situated at Ħondoq ir-Rummien, within an existing Water Services Corporation site which will be restored.

Until now, Gozo has relied upon groundwater reserves and an underwater pipeline to Malta for its fresh water needs.

Water Services Corporation CEO Richard Bilocca said that the project was part of the company’s “unprecedented investment” strategy, which would top €130 million.

A call for tender for the plant was won by Israeli firm AST Clean Water Technologies.  

Company representative Boaz Shitzer and Department of Contracts director-general Anthony Cachia signed the contract on Saturday morning at Ħondoq, at a ceremony presided over by Energy Minister Joe Mizzi, Gozo Minister Justyne Caruana and parliamentary secretary for EU Funding Aaron Farrugia.

The project is co-financed through EU Cohesion funds.

The contract was signed on Saturday morning. Photo: WSCThe contract was signed on Saturday morning. Photo: WSC

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