Important interventions to address the risk of water scarcity They will be announced today by the Maximus Mansion, as Kyriakos Mitsotakis will chair at a wide meeting for the presentation of the National Plan for Water. A few days ago a broad meeting had been held at the Deputy Vice -President of the Government, and the figures are extremely alarming and imposing government intervention. According to information, Greece is ranked 19th in the world in terms of water scarcity, while stocks in Attica have decreased more than 50% compared to 2022.
The basic parameters of the plan will be presented to the Prime Minister by the Vice President of the Government Kostis Hatzidakis and the Minister of Environment and Energy Stavros Papastavrou. The first basic intervention will have to ‘centralize’ water management, with EYDAP and EYATH in the foreground. “A small TOEB cannot derive resources on its own to do irrigation projects,” a government source said, while also saying that there is also a significant intervention in existing water infrastructure in order to reduce leaks. As competent sources point out, since 2019 they have been made over 270 works Water management and more than 1,200 projects are currently underway, but additional interventions are required and, in particular, a change in the water management model to get a classroom in the chaos that exists with the approximately 700 active carriers managing the country. Bodies that do not interoperate with each other.
‘The National Plan for Water is a Great reform. Reform that does not simply respond to today’s pressing needs, but mainly to prepare the country for the big challenges of the next 30 years, “government sources said. The Constitution and case -law of the CoE will be taken into account, which predicts that water is a public good, but the new model will provide for a much more active coordinating role of EYDAP and EYATH. The radius of action of the two companies will be significantly “opened” and will be called upon to manage many more areas, and they will have to change themselves in their own way of operation. In practice, the two companies will apply a “PPC model” that has been tested a few months ago and with trains, with deep incisions in their status, but without a question of partial privatization.
This effort will further utilize new technologies, as well as complementary ways of producing water, such as desalination units. This measure is especially concerned with the islands, where interventions are more targeted, as especially during the summer months their population multiplies. According to competent sources, of course, the plan will also take into account local particularities, such as the basins of each area, but also the need for water supply projects to have flood protection work at the same time.