#water

Under new legislation in the works, stinging fines would be slapped on people who waste water, with repeat offenders facing criminal prosecution and possible jail time. It’s part of ...

Due to an outage at the Larnaca desalination plant, Larnaca, Nicosia and Famagusta districts will face a reduced supply of drinking water from June 24 to June 27. “The public is invited, ...

The Limassol district government on Wednesday called on people living in the district to “demonstrate responsibility” in their water use over the Kataklysmos weekend. The Kataklysmos (flood festival) weekend, one ...

Several areas of Paphos were left without water from the early hours of Sunday due to serious damage to the main water supply pipeline of Paphos and suburban areas of ...

Banana farmers in the Paphos district are “on the brink of disaster” over ongoing water shortages which are impacting the island. Their issues were raised at a meeting called on ...

Polis Chrysochous Mayor Yiotis Papachristofi on Thursday called for “long-term measures” to address problems facing the issues facing the supply of water to both his area and Cyprus at large. ...

Despite efforts by the current government to fully postpone green taxation, which the Anastasiades administration had built into the framework for Cyprus to access recovery and resilience funds, the EU ...

Paphos will get enough water this year and the next for households, agriculture ministry permanent secretary Andreas Gregoriou told a broad meeting on Tuesday, describing the situation as “manageable”. The ...

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 ...

Larnaca’s district organisation (EOA) issued a total of 15 fines over the weekend to people washing pavements, roads, verandas, fences and cars with a hosepipe, it was announced on Tuesday. ...

The Larnaca self-governance organisation (EOA) announced strict controls on Wednesday, in a bid to curb wasteful use of water. “As of this week, the agency is proceeding with the imposition ...

There will be no water cuts in Larnaca this summer, the district’s water authority announced on Tuesday. The Larnaca District Organisation (EOA) confirmed that existing water reserves, combined with ...

Dealing with drought was a “matter of the highest national priority,” director-general of the ministry of agriculture, Andreas Gregoriou, said on Monday. Government is stepping up efforts to tackle drought ...

Residents of the Tersefanou municipal district faced an unexpected disruption to their water supply on Monday due to an emergency failure in the local network. The Larnaca district municipality has ...

Drought and climate pressure in Cyprus make water a key issue, Commissioner for the Environment and Animal Welfare, Antonia Theodosiou, said on Saturday evening. She noted that Cyprus is among ...

By Andreas Charalambous, Omiros Pissarides, and Evangelos Tryfonos Preventive risk management is of paramount importance, as it mitigates potential negative consequences and enhances the long-term stability of an economy. Taking ...

The maximum resale price of drinking water will be set at €0.60 per 0.5-litre bottle until the end of 2025, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou announced on Friday. This legally binding price cap ...

Parts of the Larnaca district will suffer from a “reduced” water supply throughout Tuesday, the Larnaca district government said. The reduced supply will impact the southern part of the Aradippou ...

Officials on Tuesday sought to provide assurances that they have a ‘Plan B’ to deal with water scarcity this coming summer, although parliamentarians were not convinced. Permanent secretary at the ...

Desalination plants will work on a continuous basis to help relieve the pressure on the island’s dams and provide farmers with water, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Sunday ...

The government on Tuesday insisted that it retain sole discretion in setting price caps for bottled water at designated points of sale, under a bill being discussed in parliament. The ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou on Tuesday urged the House commerce committee to pass a bill which would set maximum prices for bottled water at some points of sale to a ...

The government said on Tuesday it is taking all necessary steps to ensure the Paphos district has adequate water supply, after a desalination plant was taken offline. Andreas Gregoriou, a ...

MPs are in January expected to vote into law a bill setting a price cap on bottled water in a bid to protect consumers from exploitation. During the latest round ...