Description
Leros Island is arid and with limited natural water resources. The over pumping of existing water sources leads to the brackishness of groundwater deposits. The available drinking water is mostly brackish (5000 – 15000 mS/ml). For the coverage of additional needs (summer months), the Municipality depends on water transportation via containerships and 15 small desalination plants (12 m3/day). The result is low quality and expensive drinking water. The complete installation and start up of an automatic, telemetry and control system, of boreholes, water tanks, pumping stations, desalination plants, water refinery, water drills and water wells, for Leros Municipality, will protect the groundwater deposits from over-pumping, it will prevent farther brackishness, optimize operations and will diminish the overall cost of distributing drinking water. The final goal will be the optimized operation, both fiscally and technically, of the Municipality’s drinking water system (network and equipment). The Project will contribute to more integrated management of marine and inland water resources. It will also contribute to the conserving of Municipality’s assets and resources for drinking water, will diminish the over abuse of existing groundwater resources and will finally improve quality of distributed drinking water in the island of Leros.
Summary of project results
Leros Island has been described as arid with limited natural water resources. The over pumping of existing water sources leaded to the brackishness of groundwater deposits. The available drinking water was mostly brackish (5000 – 15000 mS/ml). For the coverage of additional needs (summer months), the Municipality depended on water transportation via water – ships and 15 small desalination plants (12 m3/day), that are installed all over the island. All the above resulted to the distribution of low quality and expensive drinking water. The project's outcome was the supply, complete installation and startup of an automatic, telemetry and control system, of boreholes, water tanks, pumping stations, desalination plants, water refinery, water drills and water wells for Leros Municipality. The final goal is the optimized operation, both fiscally and technically, of the Municipality’s drinking water system (network and equipment). The Project will contribute to more integrated management of marine and inland water resources. It will also contribute to the conserving of Municipality’s assets and resources for drinking water, will diminish the over abuse of existing groundwater resources and will finally improve quality of distributed drinking water in the island of Leros.
Summary of bilateral results