My assumption confirmed... see articles below
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[03] Water treated at Mia Milia sewage system ready for the irrigation of Mesaoria
KIBRIS (2.3.01) under banner headlines ``Good News For Mesaoria'' reports that the sewage treatment installations at the occupied Mia Milia area is ready to start treating sewage water. It also reports that the sewage treatment tanks are full and ready to produce treated water which will be pumped to Mesaoria where it will be used for irrigation for producing animal fodder.
The Mia Milia project started in 1972 but it was forced to stop following the 1974 Turkish invasion and occupation. The project, financed by the UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services - is designed to serve sewage treatment needs of the Capital.
The installations, which cover an area of 75 hectares, receive 12 thousand cubic meters of sewage water daily. The annual capacity of the installations is 8 million cubic meters of water.
KIBRIS reports that the cost of producing one cubic-meter of treated sewage water is 20 US cents while the cost for transporting water from Turkey by huge balloons is one US dollar.
Since the treated water will be rich in nitrogen and phosphate derivatives, farmers will not need to use fertilizers.
KIBRIS further reports that 80% of the sewage water comes from the free areas of Nicosia and 20% from the occupied area.
The monthly expenses of the installations, including salaries of the workers working at the installations, are 13 thousand USD of which 10 thousand USD is paid by the Nicosia Municipality in the free areas.
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[03] Ambassador Bandler visits sewage treatment installations at Mia Milia
According to KIBRIS (12.5.00) US Ambassador to Cyprus, Donald Bandler, visited the sewage treatment installations at occupied Mia Milia and commissioned the first section of the treatment installations.
KIBRIS calls Ambassador Donald Bandler, "the USA Ambassador in South Cyprus" (Guney Kibristaki).
Ambassador Bandler praised the work carried out at the installations saying that it will serve both communities on the island. He said it was of vital importance for Nicosia.
The Mia Milia annexes were built at a cost of four million US Dollars "with us tax payers/ money", as Ambassador Bandler put it.
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