In a piston For the water scarcity, the Minister of Environment and Energy, Mr. Stavros Papastavrou, was invited by citizens and bodies, speaking this morning at the first workshop of the series “Water Alliances / Knowledge-Solving-Training for the Future of Water”, organized by the Technical Chamber of Greece Are Greece ».

Mr Papastavrou stressed that the problem of water scarcity is common among the countries, and thanked representatives of US and Israel who were present, who contribute to the provision of know -how. At the same time, he underlined that the problem for our country is timeless, reminiscent of similar challenges that Greece had faced in the early 1990s, when there was a great deal of awareness of the public and a strong mobilization by taking measures by the then government of Konstantinos Mitsotakis.

Continuing, the Minister of Environment and Energy captured them Three main goals in dealing with water scarcity.

The first concerns the improvement of efficiency, which is required as he pointed out, ‘A holistic treatment of water and irrigation, as over 750 management bodies constitute, by definition, a form of ineffectiveness“, While the second is the finding and distribution of additional funding resources to boost infrastructure, from the repair of irrigation and water systems, to replacement and expansion of networks, priority desalinations in brackish waters, multiple purposes. “These are a lot of investments, but we have no other room for delay“He stressed.
Finally, the third objective, as Mr Papastavrou said, is to save water, through the awareness of society, the imprinting of needs and to take short and medium-term measures.

“We should all, tuned together and strategically, overcome this problem so that our children, future generations, do not have to deal with it again. “the minister said, calling everyone and everyone to a panic against water scarcity, in which he himself is.

The title of the first workshop of the series was “Strategies to deal with water scarcity: Prevention & Preparation” and included, among other things, TEE President George Stasinos, EYDAP, Mr. George Stergiou, TEE-TME, Mr. The Secretary General of the Natural Environment and Water, Mr. Petros Varelidis, as well as representatives of companies and organizations of Greece and abroad.