Lefkara dam overflows as island’s water stocks rise
In an encouraging development for the island’s water reserves, the island’s seventh largest dam at Lefkara has overflowed for the third time since it was...
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Most areas to have water restored Friday morning, Paphos region on Saturday (Updated)
The protracted torrential rain may have fed the island’s reservoirs with much-needed water but even as skies cleared on Thursday, many areas islandwide have been...
Public urged not to waste water as reservoir levels ‘tragic’
Authorities on Tuesday urged consumers to stop wasting water as the flow into reservoirs remains very disappointing. The rainfall over the last few days has...
Water department paying too much for its offices
Maintenance costs for the building that houses the water development department (WDD), are too high and the size of the offices are disproportionate to...
Tender for new Paphos desalination plant in summer
A tender competition is to be announced in the summer for the construction of a new desalination plant in Paphos, acting head of the Water...
Water lessons of the past for Nicosia pupils
NICOSIA primary school students re-enacted the old, laborious way of collecting water on Monday to mark World Water Day celebrated on March 22. Children –...
Record inflow in dams over the last 24 hours
THERE was record inflow of water into the island’s dams over the 24-hours to Friday morning, according to statistics from the water development department. A...
Pipeline to carry recycled water from Mia Milia plant to the south
Studies are underway to construct a pipeline to transfer recycled water from the Mia Milia water treatment plant, located in the north, to the south,...
Water cuts in some areas of Nicosia this weekend
Nicosia residents may face a water shortage this weekend due to repair works on the Tersefanou pipeline. In an announcement on Wednesday, the Water Development...
Turkish water is not enough to share
By Evie Andreou Despite endless offers from the Turkish Cypriot side to share the piped water from Turkey that began flowing on Saturday, the 75...
