Psyttaleia

Coordinates: 37°56′24″N 23°35′17″E / 37.94°N 23.588°E / 37.94; 23.588
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Psyttaleia
Native name:
Ψυττάλεια
Region
Attica
Regional unitPiraeus
Demographics
Populationuninhabited (2001)

Psyttaleia (

Municipality of Piraeus
.

History

See also: Battle of Salamis

In 480 BC, before the naval

Aegaleo mountain. Ancient Psyttaleia has long been identified with modern Lipsokoutali, though some scholars proposed Agios Georgios instead; the consensus remains with Lipsokoutali.[7]

In modern history, the island was briefly transformed into a naval prison, in accordance with the French model of the time, as well as place of exile for political dissidents.

Sewage treatment plant

Location of Psyttaleia in the Saronic Gulf

Since the 1990s, the Saronic Gulf was starting to become polluted by industrial and residential sewage from Athens. In order to protect the ecosystem and due to considerations for negative implications on tourism, a sewage treatment plant was installed on the island which started operation on November 1994.[8] This included the primary treatment, which prevents the waste from entering the sea, but did not provide a permanent solution for the resulting sludge. Temporary solutions of exporting the sludge and of neutralizing it through oxidization proved insufficient over the years.

On June 1, 2007, the

environment vice-minister Themistoklis Xanthopoulos announced that there would be no sludge left in the following five months, and that auditors such as the European Court of Auditors had approved the quality of the plant.[10]

Other structures and services

In the northeastern part of the island, which is not occupied by the sewage treatment plant, there is a lighthouse and a station of the

Vessel Traffic Service
system.

References

  1. ^ "Sewerage network operation". eydap.gr. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  2. ^ ΕΥΔΑΠ Α.Ε. eydap.gr [dead link]
  3. ^ (in Greek) Athens Stock Exchange Archived 2007-05-30 at the Wayback Machine, Elliniki Technodomiki TEB AE, Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
  4. ^ (in Greek) Themeliodomi Archived 2007-08-01 at the Wayback Machine, Environmental protection works, Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
  5. ^ a b (in Greek) Antenna News Archived 2007-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, Karamanlis in Psyttaleia, Retrieved 8 June 2007
  6. ^ F.A. Paley, The Tragedies of Aeschylus, ad ΠΕΡΣΑΙ 449
  7. doi:10.2307/503511
  8. ^ (in Greek) EYDAP AE Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Psyttaleia Sewage Plant, Retrieved on 2007-06-08
  9. ^ (in Greek) Ethnos, Psyttaleia "breathes", Retrieved on 2007-06-08
  10. ^ (in Greek) Skai News Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, "Ούτε 1 κιλό λυματολάσπης στην Ψυττάλεια" ("Not a kilo of sludge in Psyttaleia"), Retrieved on 2007-10-05.

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