WDSA/CCWI 2026

Technical and Cultural Visits

As part of WDSA/CCWI 2026, a selection of Technical and Cultural Visits will be offered to registered conference participants. Visits will take place on Friday, 22 May, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (expected return to the pick-up location by 13:00).

Two Technical Visits will be available:

  1. Asprokremmos Water Treatment Plant
  2. Paphos Desalination Plant

* Registered participants will receive a dedicated link to sign up for the visits.
** Places are limited. Where demand exceeds capacity, priority will be assigned based on the date of conference registration (earlier registrations receive priority).

Further information on the technical visit sites is provided below.

Technical Visits

Asprokremmos Water Treatment Plant

The “Asprokremmos Water Treatment Plant” is a critical drinking-water infrastructure asset for the Paphos District in Cyprus, producing potable water primarily from the Asprokremmos and Kannaviou Reservoir. The plant is a key pillar of supply for the urban and peri-urban area of Paphos, with a production capacity of approximately 32,000 m³/day. An ongoing expansion is expected to be completed by February 2026 to raise total capacity to about 42,000 m³/day. This technical visit offers participants a field-level view of how a major surface-water treatment facility under the Water Development Department is operated and upgraded to maintain drinking-water quality and resilience, including the implementation of activated carbon filtration to improve taste/odour as well as On Site Chloride Dioxide and to improve the process and reduce certain disinfection by-products.

Paphos Desalination Plant

Cyprus faces chronic water scarcity and increasingly severe drought pressure, with EU water-stress indicators repeatedly ranking it among the most water-stressed Member States; as a result, desalination has become a core pillar of drinking-water security and, in recent years, has supplied a substantial share of national potable demand.¹ The Paphos Seawater Desalination Plant is a seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) facility developed by Caramondani Desalination Plants, with a nominal production capacity of 15,000 m³/day of potable water, delivered under a 25-year BOOT (Build–Own–Operate–Transfer) contract.² This technical visit offers the opportunity to see the key elements of an SWRO production chain in practice, typically including seawater intake and pre-treatment, high-pressure RO and energy-recovery systems, and post-treatment prior to delivery to the distribution system.

¹ European Environment Agency (EEA), “Water scarcity conditions in Europe”.  https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/indicators/use-of-freshwater-resources-in-europe-1

² Caramondani Group, “Caramondani Desalination Plants”. 
https://caramondani.com/group/caramondani-desalination-plants