It was built by the British between 1839 and 1843 to transport water from Għar Ilma in the limits of Kerċem to Victoria.

[3] The aqueduct fell into a state of disrepair after it was replaced by a system of pipes and electrical pumps.

[3] Large sections of it were lost in a series of collapses, the latest of which occurred during a storm in the 1980s.

[4] In 2019, it was reported that the Ministry for Gozo had plans to reconstruct the entire aqueduct, a project which would have involved the dismantling of the surviving arches.

The project's planning application was suspended after opposition by the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage and the Environment and Resources Authority.