Malta Focal Point
 Last update: September, 2007

1. Water Supply in the Maltese Islands

• Morris, T.O. 1952. The Water Supply Resources of Malta. The Government of Malta, Valletta.

2. Agriculture and Water

• Fraser, A.I., Mc Hugh, M., Harrod, T.R. and Thompson, T.R.E. 2001. Impact Assessment Study: compliance with the EC Nitrate in Agriculture Directive (91/676/EEC) for Malta , Draft Report SSLRC Project JX80045, Soil survey and Land Research Centre, Cranfield University.

• Jackson, P. 2001. ‘Animal Waste in Maltese Agriculture: Production, Collection, processing and disposal within National and EU Rules’, Malta.

• Mangion, J. 2001. Water Demand by the Agricultural Sector in APS Seminar Proceedings: Water and Agriculture in a competitive environment, APS p.42-56

• Mangion M. 1999 Utilization of Treated Urban Waste Waters for Irrigation Purposes in the South of Malta. In Lamaddalena N. (ed.) . Annual Meeting of the Mediterranean Network on Collective Irrigation Systems (CIS_Net) . Bari : CIHEAM-IAMB, 2000. p. 45-49. (Options Méditerranéennes : Série B. Etudes et Recherches ; n. 31). Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Mediterranean Network on Collective Irrigation Systems (CIS_Net), 1999/11/03-06, [sl] (Malta).

• Mifsud, A. 2001, Irrigation sources and implications in Malta in APS seminar proceedings: Water and Agriculture in a competitive environment, APS p.9-19

• Redman M. 2002. Background study on the link between Agriculture and environment in accession countries: National Report for the Maltese islands (Malta, Gozo and Comino), IEEP, Institute for European Environmental Policy.

 3. The Environment and Water

• Axiak, V., Gauci, G., Mallia, M., Mallia, E., Schembri, P.J. and Vella, A.J.  1999.  State of the Environment Report for Malta 1998, Environment Protection Department, Malta.

• Briguglio, L, 2002.  Malta National Report submitted by the Government of Malta to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Government of Malta.

• Cowiconsult, 1992. Sewerage Master Plan. Ministry for Development of Infrastructure.

• Malta Environment and Planning Authority, 2003.  Utilities Topic Paper, Malta.

• Planning Services Division, 1990.  Structure Plan for the Maltese Islands, Works Department, Ministry for Development of Infrastructure, Malta

4. Water Monitoring Programmes

• Axiak, V. Monitoring Pollution by Petroleum hydrocarbons in inshore coastal Areas

• Axiak, V. and Delia, C. 2000. Assessing the Impact of Compliance with CD 76/464/EEC and other related Water Quality Directives with reference to Marine Discharges in Malta

• Axiak, V. 2004.National Pollution Strategy to control direct discharges into the marine environment.

• Health Department. 2004. Abstract Report on the microbiological quality for bathing water-bathing season

• Environment protection Department (MEPA) 2003. Report on Physio-Chemical monitoring-2003

• CEFIT-Italy, 2004. Report on Physio-Chemical Monitoring-2004

5. The Implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the Maltese Islands

• Introductory Document to the Article 5  Report under the Water Policy Framework Regulations, 2004

• Initial Characterisation of the Groundwater Bodies within the Maltese Water Catchment District under the  Water Policy Framework Regulations, 2004

• Establishing Drinking Water Protection Areas under the Water Policy Framework Regulations, 2004

• Economic Analysis of Water Use.  Part 1

6. Historical Use of water

• Water Services Corporation, The Evolution of Water Use

7. Virtual Water

• Hoekstra A.Y. and Hung P.Q. 2002. Virtual Water Trade, A Quantification of Virtual water flows between nations in relation to International Crop Trade, Value of water Research Rep. Series no. 11, Da Deft, The Netherlands