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Malta: Politicisation of water biggest obstacle to national plan
Malta is among the world's most water-stressed countries. It has a very large external demand for virtual water. Its groundwater reserves are being depleted. They are severely affected by both nitrate pollution and increasing salinity - consequences of largely unregulated human activities.
The politicisation of water is the biggest obstacle to the production of a national plan as no administration will take the obvious risks of tough decisions, according to a think-tank report. The Today Public Policy Institute report, launched last April, was authored by World Bank expert Lee Roberts, Malta’s leading hydrologist and water treatment engineer Marco Cremona, and retired Royal Dutch Shell geologist Gordon Knox. The purpose of the report entitled: "Why Malta's National Water Plan Requires an Analytical Policy Framework" is to argue that policy analysis and the creation of a national policy framework are an essential pre-requisite to the formulation of a credible long-term water plan for Malta. A national water plan can not deliver the required results without such an analysis.
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Read also:
- Politicisation of water biggest obstacle to national plan, Times of Malta, 17/04/2015
- Malta in dire need of water plan, think-tank report shows; aquifers contaminated with nitrates, Independent, 17/04/2015
- Recommendations – National Water Management Plan, By the Malta Business Bureau’s EU LIFE+ Investing in Water Project, March 2014
- Water tariffs do not reflect 'opaque subsidies', Malta Today, 17/04/2015
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Martin SCICLUNA, Director General, The Today Public Policy Institute: c/o Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, Exchange Buildings, Republic Street, Valletta VLT 1117, Malta.
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| News type | Inbrief |
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| Source of information | The Today Public Policy Institute |
| Keyword(s) | Water tariffs, virtual water, groundwater, national water plan |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
| Relation | http://www.semide.net/countries/fol135532/country933793 |
| Geographical coverage | Malta |
| News date | 05/06/2015 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
