Greek Shipping Industry and the General Secretariat for the Aegean and Island Policy have signed a 870,000 euro contract for the construction of a desalination plant on the remote Dodecanese island of Kastellorizo.
Officials noted the facility, whose construction is expected to start later this year, will produce at least 40,000 cubic meters of water annually – enough to cover the requirements of the island’s population of around 500.
The project is expected to sharply decrease the cost of supplying water to the island, which lies close to Turkey’s southwestern coast. So far the island has depended on water being brought in by boat.
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