IRMCo seized the opportunity to present the Surficial Cover Infiltration (SCI) map for the karst island of Gozo to Prof. Dr. Heinz Hoetzl, Chair of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Commission on Karst Hydrogeology, on the occasion of his visit to Malta in July 2000. The underlying methodology for the SCI map was developed in collaboration with partners from Lebanon and Turkey in the EU funded ResManMed project.