Water quality

¤ Sea water must be monitored regularly for all dangerous substances. ¤ To improve quality of drinking water, the level of nitrates and fluoride in tap water will be reduced by end 2005. ¤ By March 2007 sewage and dangerous substances will no longer be...

¤ Sea water must be monitored regularly for all dangerous substances.

¤ To improve quality of drinking water, the level of nitrates and fluoride in tap water will be reduced by end 2005.

¤ By March 2007 sewage and dangerous substances will no longer be dumped into the sea.

¤ By March 2007 waste water treatment plants would have been built in Malta and Gozo.

¤ Pre-accession EU funding will help build first waste water treatment plant in Gozo.

¤ Malta can save between Lm5 million (€13m) and Lm19.6 million (€47m) every year if it applies EU standards on water quality.

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