#water shortage

Five communities in the Nicosia district are facing water supply difficulties after the Vyzakia reservoir dried up, the House agriculture committee heard on Tuesday, along with pleas for immediate measures ...

Famagusta district governor Yiannis Karousos on Friday said that water which is unaccounted for is costing consumers in Cyprus €13 million per year. This figure, he said, is based on the ...

The audit office should be commended for highlighting the long-term water policy failures, for which all the governments of the last 30 years have a share of responsibility. They have all ...

Only three of the island’s water dams have contingency plans in case of catastrophic failure, while almost two-thirds of the water bodies are in bad shape, the auditor-general’s ...

By Eleni Panayiotou Following the tragic wildfires in the Troodos foothills the importance of water and to be more precise the scarcity of it, becomes more prevalent than ever. The ...

Fines for wasting water will be increased from € 51 to € 85 with immediate effect due to the “serious reduction in available water reserves”, the Larnaca self-governance organisation (EOA) announced on Tuesday. “According ...

Parliament has voted to make washing walls, windows and private boats with a hose a criminal offence, as part of new measures to save water. MPs passed the bill on ...

The management of water resources requires seriousness, responsibility, and universal cooperation, the agriculture ministry’s director general Andreas Gregoriou said in a statement to CNA on Sunday regarding the recent ...

President of the Paphos regional water authority Charalambos Pittokopitis said that the water supply in Paphos was “at a good and manageable level,” though difficulties with irrigation remain. In a ...

The complete restoration of the desalination unit in Kouklia, with a capacity of 15,000 thousand cubic metres per day, is expected within August, Andreas Gregoriou, director general of the ministry of ...

A host of problems, such as large water losses, ageing networks, a failure to utilise recycled water, unequal pricing policies and the energy dependence of desalination plants, were raised at ...

Water began flowing again in Paphos and its surrounding areas after a major repair on the district’s main water pipeline was completed, the Paphos water development department announced on ...

EU commissioner highlights Cyprus’ water shortage European Commissioner for agriculture Christophe Hansen on Friday highlighted the water shortages facing Cyprus, saying that when his aeroplane was landing on the island, ...

The thirteen mobile desalination units set to arrive on the island as a gift from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are to be reserved solely for use in Limassol, it ...

Progress is being made to use more of the recycled water produced by water treatment plants, the water development department said on Thursday. The department pointed out that between 2020 and 2023, ...

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 ...

Disy president Annita Demetriou urged immediate action on Wednesday to address Cyprus’ worsening water crisis. Speaking at a meeting in Pindarou, Demetriou stressed the importance of tackling the issue head-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 ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved extraordinary state aid of eight million euros for a year to the local district organisations (EOA) for the management of water in the wake of ...

Plans are afoot to build two new reservoirs in Nicosia, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Sunday. Speaking to Tak, the north’s news agency, he said plans ...

The news that yet another golf course, Limassol Greens, will be opening this summer isn’t shocking in itself, but the timing is unfortunate. Golf courses are notorious water guzzlers – ...

Fears of a severe water crisis this summer have prompted urgent calls for action from Limassol’s water board, which urged the agriculture ministry to take immediate measures. Officials warn ...

Cyprus’ reservoirs are still only a quarter full, according to data released by the water development department, despite heavy rain hitting swathes of the island over the last two weeks. ...

Farmers call for more environmentally unfriendly desalination plants to meet domestic consumers’ needs As the drought continues to rapidly shrink water levels in the reservoirs, farmers face ever increasing water ...