#desalination

A mobile desalination unit with a capacity to output 10,000 cubic metres of water a day is in the process of being installed in the Potima area of Kissonerga, director general ...

Despite critically low water levels at the island’s largest reservoir, Kouris dam, water cuts will be avoided this year thanks to the installation of 12 new desalination units, deputy director ...

Two small mobile desalination units are expected to start operating this week in Potima, aiming to solve long-standing water shortages in the Peyia area. The news comes as two additional ...

Desalination units being installed in Limassol will be up and running with a delay of three weeks, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou was informed on Wednesday, during a visit to Moni ...

Containers carrying mobile desalination plants from the United Arab Emirates started arriving at Moni power plant on Monday afternoon, but in a surprise move one of them will now be ...

The Akamas mayor and the Paphos Hoteliers Association on Saturday added their disappointment about the government’s decision to locate all desalination units donated by the UAE in Limassol rather ...

Officials from the Paphos district were left upset and perplexed by the government’s decision to only use the mobile desalination units which are set to be delivered to Cyprus ...

Water will be provided as early as next month from the desalination units which are set to be delivered to Cyprus from the United Arab Emirates, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou ...

Cyprus on Monday publicly thanked the United Arab Emirates for its swift and generous assistance in tackling the island’s growing water crisis. President Nikos Christodoulides called UAE President Mohammed ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos signed a bilateral agreement in Dubai on Thursday with Assistant Minister for Development and International Organisations of the United Arab Emirates, Sultan Al Shamsi, for the ...

Coastal engineer Xenia Loizidou on Friday slammed the government’s plan to import mobile desalination plants from the United Arab Emirates to solve Cyprus’ water shortage as an “incoherent panic ...

There will be “no risk” of there being any water cuts in Cyprus this summer, with the delivery of mobile desalination units from the United Arab Emirates having put paid ...

The desalination unit in Mandria area, destroyed when a fire ripped through it on December 6, will be up and running in early August, Paphos district governor Charalambos Pittokopitis said on ...

The government on Thursday called for “a collective effort” to tackle the effects of the drought and the coming water shortages, also announcing a subsidy scheme to get hotels to ...

Kissonerga on Wednesday asked that the mobile desalination plant which is planned to be placed near the village’s Potima beach be moved further from the coast than is presently ...

A solution to the island’s water scarcity has been proposed through a European Union funded project that optimises the production of desalinated water, it emerged on Wednesday. Under the ...

A tender for a mobile water desalination unit in Paphos is expected to be announced soon, agriculture ministry director Andreas Gregoriou said on Monday. The announcement follows a catastrophic leak ...

A short circuit caused the fire at the Paphos desalination plant, police confirmed on Saturday. Located between Kouklia and Mandria, the facility sustained extensive damage as a result of the ...

The first mobile desalination units will be ready in October 2025, the water development department said on Tuesday. The department added that Cyprus was top of Europe regarding per capita storage ...

The first supplementary budget for 2024, worth €351.3 million, has been approved by the cabinet to cover medical supplies, social insurance, desalination, defence and education. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Finance Minister ...

The island is increasingly dependent on desalination, and the environmental cost is heavy, though that might be about to change By Annette Chrysostomou The energy consumption of desalination is expected ...

Sharing knowledge and fostering regional collaborations on desalination can help create a more resilient and water-secure future for all, Agriculture Minister Petros Xenophontos said on Tuesday. Speaking at the European ...

Environmental impact of desalination: new study raises two main concerns Cyprus’ reliance on desalination has long been hotly debated with conservationists calling for a more sustainable use of water resources. ...