100 complimentary water audits offered to businesses and hotels

The Malta Business Bureau, the Malta Chamber and the MHRA have offered businesses and hotels in Malta and Gozo 100 complimentary water audits.

The project is being done through the EU LIFE Investing in Water Project.

Bookings opened today and will remain open for the next 12 months.

Led by Marco Cremona, the audits will evaluate the enterprises' water consumption and to identify water saving opportunities, and specific water saving solutions will be recommended. 

The project team will then remain available for consultation on the implementation of these solutions.

 This is the second set of Water Audits offered to enterprises by the project.

The first set of 40, carried out earlier this year, was quickly booked by hotels of all categories, and businesses from various sectors including manufacturing, pharmaceutical, financial, and distribution.

"This first set showed that there is tremendous potential for water savings locally," water expert to the MBB's EU LIFE Investing in Water Project Cremona said. "Almost all of the 40 enterprises audited earlier this year could easily save water, translating into many thousands of euros and tons of water in savings."

The financial savings alone are an attractive incentive to water savings. However, enterprises saving water can also take satisfaction knowing that they are protecting a nationally scarce resource - Malta is acknowledged as one of the world's top ten water scarce countries (1).

This already scarce resource is threatened by over-extraction, with around 50% more groundwater taken every year than is sustainably available (2). Over-extraction impacts on the quality of remaining groundwater, threatening future supply.

The first step to countering this threat is to ensure that water is used as efficiently as possible.

"The project has helped several factories and hotels identify savings of up to 4000 tons of water each - a staggering reduction in running expenses of over €10,000 annually." said Project Manager Geoffrey Saliba said.

"We can help more enterprises achieve similar savings and strongly encourage interested businesses and hotels to take advantage of this service."

For more details or to place bookings visit www.investinginwater.org