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A Low-cost Sewerage System for a Small Rural Community on a Greek Island |
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G.E. Alexiou, G.G. Balafutas and S.Ath. Panteliadis |
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This chapter describes the first low-cost sewerage system to be designed and constructed in Greece. The aim of the project was to design an innovative system to collect and treat wastewater to enable it to be reused for irrigation. The site of the project was the settlement of Finikia, part of the Oia Community on the island of Santorini. |
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Thira, the local name for Santorini, is a crescent-shaped island, the remains of a land mass which was largely submerged after the eruption of the volcano which lies in the middle of the island's bay (Figure 6.1). The island is administered by the Cyclades Prefecture, which comprises 24 inhabited islands in the Aegean Sea, southeast of Athens. Thira has an area of 7500 ha. There are 19 communities on the island with a total population of 10553. The population density is among the highest in the country, with 113 people per km2, compared with 36.2 and 77.7 for Cyclades Prefecture and Greece, respectively. |
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As well as its distinctive natural landscape, the island is classified as a place of special archaeological and historical interest and as such has become an important tourist attraction. The island has 7800 tourist beds (not including camp sites), representing 21.4 per cent of the total tourist accommodation of Cyclades Prefecture. The tourist season runs from April to |
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