Desalination encounters the “Cyprus problem”
- From: Vol 9, Issue 7 (July 2008)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Cyprus
- Related Companies: Tahal
The political implications of awarding a desal plant in the Greek part of Cyprus to a company with an existing reference in Northern Cyprus are manifold. A technical loophole could mean it doesn’t come to that.
Costas Themistocleous, former Agriculture Minister in Cyprus, once described water as “the most important internal issue of the island after the Cyprus problem”. Now, the political machine is threatening to impact the ongoing desalination programmes in both the northern and southern parts of the island.
A decision on the winner of the 40,000m3/d SWRO plant at Episkopi had ...
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