Paphos Life

It would be nice to have our Cyprus Sun back soon.....

Hope it's back by next week as I am coming over for 10 days! Will enjoy it all just the same with or without it!

Those reservoirs are still pretty low...

That is a useful page, thanks. I will add a link to it on the blog I did about the reservoir.

It's supposed to be getting a bit milder this week, so hopefully there's some sun on the way.

Water flow increasing, but levels still low

January 3rd, 2017 Evie Andreou Cyprus, featured 1 Comment
Water flow increasing, but levels still low

Small reservoirs like Argaka in Paphos are expected to overflow

The flow of water into the reservoirs is still at 21per cent of their overall capacity, but is gradually increasing, acting director of the water development department Andreas Manoli said on Monday.

According to Manoli, over the last three days around 4.2mn cubic metres of water flowed into the island’s reservoirs.

“If this flow continues, in a few weeks we will be in a position to say that the (water) reservoirs have increased,” Manoli said.

He added however, that taking into consideration that the overall reservoir capacity is at 300mn cubic metres, the current flow, at 61,823mn cubic metres which translates to 21.3per cent, is still very low.

“The water level is still very low but we are at only the beginning of winter,” Manoli said. He added that water reservoirs will rise after the snow melts.

Commenting on the overflow of some of the reservoirs, he said, that Kalopanayiotis dam is a very small one and it overflows each year, even during droughts. Other reservoirs that are also small in size like those in Argaka and Pomos are also expected to overflow, he said.

“The bigger dams however, like those of Kouris, Asprokremmos, Lefkara and Kalavasos, to overflow, another good rainy season must come first, and last year there was a big drought,” Manoli said.

We didn't have no rain today in Pegeia.

Alan

Any rain.

Happy in Cyprus,

I remember your photo's of the vans and the crowds going to see the the dam overflowing.

Once when it was snowing Peyia I was in the village vegetable shop. All the staff went outside to watch the snow coming down. It made me smile that day.

We were in Cyprus the week before Christmas,(Paphos) weather being very unsettled & chillier than we expected! Local feed back was colder & wetter than normal!! Glad to hear the sun is back out again!! hope it will be a lot warmer when we come back out at the end of April!!!

Have just checked the Govt reservoir storage table, as of today the water level at the Asprokremnos Dam is given as 36.1% full. So still a long way to go to fill up. This time last year the same dam was 66% full.

Dee

Went up to Kouris dam yesterday. Literally, my car was the only one in sight, nor did I see any hikers. Usually, at this time of year, there are several cars and even buses around the dam. Judging from this, tourism is a dead duck, just now.

As a guess, the level of the dam is about 1 m 50 below the overflow limit, which is still very good for the time of year.

Did not take my camera with me, so photos are unedited, untrimmed phone efforts. Sorry!