This article was published in The Malta Independent on Sunday on the 16th December 2012 Water is the primary source of life on earth. Cities and dwellings have been built around rivers or according to according to the availability of a source of water. Despite the fact that this barren rock does not have rivers or lakes, it is what it is today because spring water sustained its population throughout the centuries, supplemented with this population’s intelligence in harvesting rainwater. Cisterns, dams, reservoirs, aqueducts, you name it – we built it! Technological advancements and the development of reverse-osmosis plants have led us to believe that our water supply is infinite, leading us to neglect our natural source of water: our aquifers. Not only that, but we have left unenforced a law set up since the time of the Knights, that of building a cistern with every building to store rainwater at source, reducing demand and also alleviating flooding. A further issue has co
Mark huwa inġinier u kandidat għall-Elezzjoni Ġenerali fuq ir-4 u l-10 distrett, f'isem il-Partit Nazzjonalista. Huwa Kunsiller elett fil-Kunsill Lokali tal-Gudja sa mill-2006.