In the framework of Cyprus' compliance with the European Directive 91/271/EEC on urban wastewater treatment, the Water Development Department (DWD) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, acts as the Implementing Agency for the construction of urban wastewater collection systems and wastewater treatment plants in municipalities and communities with a population equivalent of > 2.000, which have been included in the National Implementation Programme of the Directive.
TAY has undertaken, among others, the implementation of Phase B of the project "Sewerage System of Kokkinochoria Complex", the design and construction of which is co-financed by the Cohesion Fund of the European Union.
TAY has undertaken, among others, the implementation of Phase B of the project "Sewerage System of Kokkinochoria Complex", the design and construction of which is co-financed by the Cohesion Fund of the European Union. The co-financing falls under the Priority Axis "Solid Waste and Water Resources Management" of the Operational Programme "Competitiveness and Sustainable Development" during the 2014-2020 programming period.
The General Directorate for Development of the Ministry of Finance (former General Directorate for European Programmes, Coordination and Development) acts as the Managing Authority, and the Control Directorate of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works is the Intermediate Body for the monitoring and control of the project. The Project Operator is the Kokkinochoria Drainage Board.
The Project (Phase B) includes the following main facilities.644 m3/day, which includes, among others, the emergency tank, two long-term storage tanks for treated municipal wastewater (recycled water) and the sludge treatment and disposal system. The WWTP will be located within the boundaries of the Municipality of Achna and will serve two municipalities (Dheryneia, Sotira), three municipalities of Larnaca District (Xylofagou, Xylotympou, Ormideia) and five municipalities of Famagusta District (Agios Georgios Acheritou, Avgorou, Achna, Liopetri, Frenaros). [*]13 central wastewater transfer pumping stations and 74 pumping stations within the wastewater collection networks, including gravity and/or pressure pipelines and related installations. [*]the access roads to the treatment plant, the long-term recycled water storage tanks and the central pumping stations. [/LIST]
Work is currently underway on all parts of the project. Reinforced concrete construction work is at an advanced stage at the POTW, while earthworks at the two long-term recycled water storage tanks are largely completed. The installation of the irrigation pipelines, where the recycled water will be supplied to the two irrigation areas of the communities of Avgoros and Achna, is at a final stage. In addition, construction works have started and are ongoing at 9 of the 13 central pumping stations of the Project, while civil engineering works are at an advanced stage of implementation at the pumping stations within the collection networks of the municipalities and communities served in the Kokkinochoria Cluster.
It is noted that Phase A of the Project started to be implemented in the 2007-2013 programming period, during which the construction of the wastewater collection networks in the Municipalities of Deryneia and Sotiras and in eight Communities of the Kokkinochoria Complex (approximately 305 km) was completed, at a total cost of approximately €44 million.
The implementation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant was included as a "Phasing Project" in the 2014-2020 programming period and constitutes Phase B of the Major Project submitted to the European Commission. The total expenditure for the design and construction of the project amounts to approximately €33 million.
This is a project of great scope and strategic importance, the implementation of which will contribute to the achievement of our country's national objectives and obligations towards the European Union, stemming from the European Directive 91/271/EEC.
This is a project of great scope and strategic importance, the implementation of which will contribute to the achievement of our country's national objectives and obligations towards the European Union, stemming from the European Directive 91/271/EEC.
The expected results/benefits of the project include, inter alia, the protection of the environment and groundwater resources as well as the protection of public health by reducing the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated urban waste water. At the same time, the project is expected to promote the use of unconventional water resources in agriculture, such as treated urban wastewater (recycled water). The reuse of the sludge produced by farmers and stockbreeders operating in the area can also be considered important.
(NΓ/EXP)
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