Cyprus faces summer water shortage due to lack of rain

[jeba]

Cyprus is still lucky for having desalination plants. Cape Town for instance is less lucky. They will probably have to completely turn off the taps in May and provide water from trucks only.

[trevnhil]

Cyprus is still lucky for having desalination plants. Cape Town for instance is less lucky. They will probably have to completely turn off the taps in May and provide water from trucks only.

I wonder how Hotels and Hospitals will manage there.. Or in Cyprus if we have cuts

[PW in Polemi]

Don't worry, Paphos can always tanker water in from Greece like they did before!!!
Shane

But it sat in the tankers at the port for so long it went 'off' and had to be dumped!!

It was not Tankers, it was only one which sat for two weeks and was not suitable to be put into the system, it was discharged on land where it added to the water table , then used for farming....later delivery's by tanker were successful.

As I recall, it sat in the tanker because the connecting hose was the wrong diameter and a new one had to be made specially. By the time this had happened, the water was no longer suitable for human consumption.
I wonder where that connecting hose is now?

[jeba]

I wonder how Hotels and Hospitals will manage there.. Or in Cyprus if we have cuts

It´s beyond me that they haven´t made provisions to be able to import water and store it for distribution (or build desalination plants). The lack of water hasn´t come as a surprise since they haven´t had enough rain for years.

[memory man]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7510778.stm

[WHL]

I wonder how Hotels and Hospitals will manage there.. Or in Cyprus if we have cuts

It´s beyond me that they haven´t made provisions to be able to import water and store it for distribution (or build desalination plants). The lack of water hasn´t come as a surprise since they haven´t had enough rain for years.

Cyprus has enough desalination plants to cope... I found this, bit old, but I think another at Ayia Napa has been build.
http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/moa/wdd/Wdd.ns ... nation.pdf

[cyprusmax47]

It's quite ironic that in the summer one has to pay for water to top up a pool yet in a wet winter one has to pump the excess out to waste

Refer to my tip here on PL: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1015#p10365

Max

[jeba]

I wonder how Hotels and Hospitals will manage there.. Or in Cyprus if we have cuts

It´s beyond me that they haven´t made provisions to be able to import water and store it for distribution (or build desalination plants). The lack of water hasn´t come as a surprise since they haven´t had enough rain for years.

Cyprus has enough desalination plants to cope... I found this, bit old, but I think another at Ayia Napa has been build.
http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/moa/wdd/Wdd.ns ... nation.pdf

I know. I wasn't referring to Cyprus but to Cape Town.