At TIF about water reserves

“We are not worried, but we are also not complacent” in relation to our water reserves, pointed out the president of EYATH Agis Papadopoulos, in a discussion on the water shortage organized by “Imerisia” in the context of the 88th TIF.

The water levels of the surface of Aliakmonas river, the main source of water supply for the Urban Development Complex of Thessaloniki, as well as the water table are currently normal, explained the president of EYATH. After all, as he said, the lack of water concerns the country not in all regions with the same intensity nor in all periods with the same intensity.

“However, in order to make the management of the water resource more efficient, that is the amount of water arrives with as few losses as possible, we are moving forward with new technologies using smart solutions”, said Mr. Papadopoulos, presenting as an example of good practice and utilization of new technologies, EYATH’s collaboration with Siemens for the prevention of overflows and floods in the pantorrhoeic network of Thessaloniki, with the use of Artificial Intelligence and IoT.

The presentation of the managing director of EYATH, Anthimos Amanatidis, at the 5th Rethink Forum moved in the same direction. “The future is modern technologies, that’s where we’re looking at”, Mr. Amanatidis pointed out on the issue of water shortage, who emphasized that according to the available data, in collaboration with PPC, it seems that the water supply will be fully covered by 2030 even in the worst (in terms of drought and infrastructure development) scenarios.

He also referred to EYATH’s goal of reducing its water footprint by 20% by 2030, including by installing smart water meters, with improvement projects of the existing water supply network to reduce water losses, with the expansion and modernization of telemetry and remote control system (SCADA) etc. “We continue, of course, to investigate new technologies to optimize the operation of the entire route of the drinking water network on different operating scenarios, while at the same time we have proceeded with the hydraulic simulation of EYATH S.A.’s aqueducts. in specific areas, for more efficient and sustainable management of the resource”, as he said.

Mr. Amanatidis, like the president of EYATH, made a special reference to the water produced by the biological station in Sindos, approximately 160,000 square meters, from the treatment and biological purification of wastewater, which, however, ends up in Thermaikos! This amount of water could be directed to irrigation as part of a better management of our water resources, Mr. Amanatidis pointed out.

The managing director of EYATH at the 5th Rethink Forum on water scarcity