#desalination

Cyprus expects desalination plants to cover almost all domestic water demand by next year, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou asserted on Monday. Speaking during a visit to the desalination plant at ...

Barring this year’s heavy rainfall, coming in the nick of time as the reservoirs were about to empty out, droughts in Cyprus are becoming increasingly frequent, making reliance on ...

Apart from the Nimby (not in my back yard) culture with regard to asphalt factories, migrant centres, kebab shops and so forth we are now seeing this being extended to ...

The Mazotos community council has called on President Nikos Christodoulides to intervene and order the cancellation and review of plans for a mobile desalination unit in the area, citing environmental ...

Mazotos residents on Tuesday voiced continued opposition to a planned desalination unit in the area, raising concerns over potential damage to protected marine habitats. Mukthar George Pafitis said residents were ...

A total of one million flow reducers for showers and two million aerators for taps will be distributed to reduce water consumption, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou announced on Monday. “If ...

A mobile desalination plant in Limassol port has been put into full operation, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday, underlining that the planning for the permanent solution of Cyprus’ water ...

Cyprus has positioned water security as a central pillar of European resilience policy, with the agriculture ministry’s permanent secretary Dr Costas Constantinou warning in Brussels that water has become “...

Water cuts are continuing today in selected areas of Larnaca due to ongoing problems affecting desalination units, local authorities said. In a statement, the Larnaca district government (EOA) said that ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou, speaking at the House plenum on Thursday, said that while drought was an act of God, shortage of water was down to human incompetence. The ...

The water development department (WDD) reported on Tuesday that desalinated water now covers roughly 80 per cent of Cyprus’ total water needs, with daily production from all units reaching around 245,000 cubic ...

Plans to install a mobile desalination plant in Ayia Napa face uncertainty, following strong opposition from local government bodies and business interests forced the government to pause the project intended ...

An initiative to assist hotels to install private desalination units, aiming to enhance water security as dam levels continue to decline, was announced by the agriculture ministry on Tuesday. Agriculture ...

 By Nicolas Netien On December 9, 2025, Storm Byron delivered what Cyprus desperately needs: rain. Heavy downpours swept across the island, overwhelming drainage systems in Nicosia and Limassol. Streets flooded. Traffic halted. ...

Desalination, first introduced in 1997, now supplies around 70 per cent of the island’s drinking water

Severe reductions in water supply to agriculture will have devastating consequences for farmers and consumers alike, agricultural association president Kyriakos Kailas cautioned on Saturday. Kailas described the scale of the ...

The expansion of the Kouklia desalination plant, set for an increase in capacity of up to 30,000m³, and the installation of an additional mobile desalination plant in Polis Chrysochous are ...

Cyprus suffered its worst drought in 2025 since 1901. The seriousness of the situation came to a head during the last two-months, propelling the government this week into a state of emergency.   ...

A protest was held on Saturday in Mazotos by local residents against plans to install a mobile desalination plant in the area. Mazotos community leader Georgios Demetriou Paphitis said he ...

Mazotos community council on Thursday called for the immediate suspension of the installation of a desalination plant in the area on Thursday, warning that the project threatens protected marine habitats ...

Water resources will remain under full state control, the water development department (WDD) insisted in a statement issued on Wednesday. The department stressed that under existing law, water is a ...

The long-planned expansion of the desalination plant in Kouklia, increasing the unit’s capacity to 25,000 cubic metres is set to be completed by this summer, Paphos district governor Charalambos Pittokopitis ...

The agriculture ministry has set out its priorities for 2026, announcing that addressing water scarcity and developments in Akamas were amongst its key priorities, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Wednesday. “...

A grant scheme incentivising the installation of small desalination units has been launched by the water development department with applications open until September 30, 2026. According to the Larnaca district government, the ...