Client: Water Development DepartmentMinistry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Cyprus
Other Partners: ENVECO S.A. (Greece) – DRAXIS Environmental Technology (Greece) – D. Argyropoulos (Greece)
The main objectives of the project were:
- The elaboration of suitable Water Pricing Policies, according to the provisions of Articles 5 and 9 of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC and according to the local conditions and needs.
- The development of Information Protocols and Database System to support all information and data needed for the economic analyses
- The tasks that were successfully completed and the services that were provided included the following:
- Identification of water services (drinking water, irrigation, secondary wastewater treatment, recycled water), water providers and water uses/ users.
- Water Supply – Demand Analysis per water source, water service, water providers and water uses (detailed water balance)
- Determination of the importance of water uses (according to water demand, pressures and socioeconomic factors)
- Cost analysis per water service (financial cost, environmental cost, resource cost)
- Estimate of level of total cost recovery per water service
- Elaboration of suitable Water Pricing Policies in order to achieve appropriate cost recovery per water service
- Proposal for exemptions to the water pricing policies considering socioeconomic impacts, or other local needs/conditions
- Development of Information Protocols and Database System that can support all the information and data needed for the economic analyses, and clients capacity building
- Execution of an extensive awareness and consultation campaign with the public and stakeholders
