Government investigating source of bad smell wafting over Nicosia
The environment department is investigating the cause of a strong smell in Nicosia with the help of the Unficyp and the Nicosia sewage board, an...
sewerage
Limassol wastewater treatment plant to save 13m cubic metres of water a year
President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday laid the foundation stone for the west Limassol wastewater treatment plant in Kato Polemidia, which is expected to solve the...
Vati waste treatment plant overloaded
The new unit at Vati waste treatment cannot deal with even half of Limassol’s industrial waste, demonstrators said on Monday during a work stoppage which...
Work ongoing to repair damage as sewerage reaches Pedieos river
Authorities are working to repair damage to the sewerage system in Lakatamia, Nicosia, while the seepage of human waste into the Pedieos river has made...
Phase two of Larnaca sewerage system gets underway
Contracts worth more than €3 million for the second phase of the Larnaca sewerage system were signed on Monday. The Larnaca Sewerage and Drainage Board...
House votes to keep 2017 sewerage charges below 2016 rates
The House plenum on Friday voted for a draft law stating that 2017 sewerage charges should not exceed those for 2016. In cases where charges...
House lays sewerage charge discrepancies to rest
When it came to sewerage charges in the past, owners whose houses were properly valued were subsidising those whose home values had not been updated,...
Former Paphos mayor Sarikas, others jailed for corruption (updated)
Former Paphos mayor Fidias Sarikas was jailed for four years on Friday and three former and one sitting municipal councilors got between four and five...
MPs seeking to reduce sewerage rates
MPs are hoping that a bill reducing sewerage rates will go to the plenum by the end of the month. The proposal aims to recalibrate...
Local government reform package would streamline water and sewerage
By Elias Hazou The three bills comprising the government’s local administration reform package could go to the plenum by Easter or before the summer recess,...
Overcharged consumers should be compensated, watchdog says
The consumer association proposed compensating consumers who paid higher charges that went to kickbacks by reducing the rates they pay for rubbish collection and sewerage....
Contractor’s paid kickbacks in sewerage case because they were ‘afraid’
Officials of Medcon Construction Ltd agreed to pay kickbacks to former Paphos Mayor Savvas Vergas and former Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) director Eftichios Malekides because...
Sheep rescued from bed of sludge
The fire service rescued eight sheep which were trapped in sludge near an abandoned pig farm in Orounda village in the Nicosia district on Sunday....
Sewerage bill tussle in Peyia and Tala
By Bejay Browne PEYIA and Tala are wrangling over the payment of bills to Paphos sewerage board amounting to thousands of euros for feasibility studies....
Local council to sue over SAPA works
A local council has decided to sue the former mayor of Paphos and another official – both jailed for corruption — over the sorry state...
EDEK MP Sarikas to face charges: report
EDEK MP Fidias Sarikas will face criminal charges in connection with the Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) scandal, it was reported on Wednesday. According to daily...
Vergas placed in protective custody (updated)
By Constantinos Psillides Former Paphos Savvas Vergas, who pleaded guilty to bribery and money laundering charges in connection with the town’s sewerage scandal, has been...
Professor did not link Sarikas to SAPA scandal: lawyer (Updated)
By Constantinos Psillides THE Greek professor questioned by police over his role in the Paphos Sewerage Board (SAPA) scandal never implicated EDEK MP Fidias Sarikas...
Authorities to request MP’s immunity lifted
The attorney-general was expected on Tuesday to ask the Supreme Court to lift an EDEK MP’s immunity so that he can be questioned in connection...
Fresh arrest in Paphos sewerage scandal (updated)
Paphos police on Saturday arrested a former AKEL municipal councillor, 60, and questioned two contractors on suspicion of corruption in connection with the construction of...
