Objectives and goals

Specifically, in the wider region, the prohibitive measures that apply to water uses are known due to the shrinking of the volume and surface of Lake Koroneia, which also affects the underground water bodies, which make the underground aquifers in a regime of over-pumping and quality degradation. Given the obligation of the producers to place a meter on the supply of the wells, pricing of the use of the water they irrigate and the imposition on it of environmental costs and the cost of depletion of the natural resource, the cost of producing the products will increase significantly, taking into account cumulatively also the cost of energy for pumping and applying irrigation water to crops.

For this reason, the objective of the Operational Plan is to reduce the consumption of energy and water resources, aiming at the environmental upgrade of the area, as well as the reduction of the production costs of the products. The goal will be achieved through a comprehensive plan of combined sustainable energy and water management, through limiting water losses, saving and efficient use of irrigation water, as well as providing advice to farmers and monitoring the groundwater level and supply.