The Water Services Corporation plans to invest about €60 million in a reverse osmosis plant at Ħal Far. Energy Minister Miriam Dalli said the facility will produce 40 million litres of drinking water a day, bringing Malta’s total water production capacity to about 200 million litres a day by 2030.
The project includes storage reservoirs, a central control room and about nine kilometres of twin transmission mains connecting the plant to the Qrendi reservoir. The link will feed the additional water into the national distribution network.
Preliminary studies found that the rock around the site can help filter seawater before it reaches the plant’s membranes. WSC chief executive Karl Cilia said the extra capacity would allow the corporation to take any one of its five plants offline for maintenance without interrupting supply.
The project completes the corporation’s five-year plan to expand production capacity and meet expected growth in demand.
Photo: DOI. DOI release PR261884
