The synchronous running ratio is increased from 87% in 2004 to 96%, significantly economic and social benefits have been obtained.

The answers are to be found not only in statistics — like the debt-to-G.D.P. ratio, now running at more than 140 percent for Greece, and headed higher — but also in human sentiments and solidarities.

During the running process, the membrane flux decline velocity increased while the gas water ratio decreased.