Paphos Life

We were exploring the countryside around Mandria recently, and blogged about the Olive Factory we found there. At the same time, we noticed a rather large white building nearby. When we found out it was the abandoned desalination plant, we had to investigate...

Read the article and chat about it below...

An absolute disgrace that this plant was closed.
Unless we get significant rainfall, water cuts are inevitable.
Thanks for this Dominic.

I should add that Asprokemas is less than 19% full, and Islandwide storage is circa 14%. Ouch!!!

Cyprus Mail 2016 has news of this. http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/03/05/three ... ination%22

As I understood it, a new desalination plant had been approved & the old one was to be decommissioned. The tendering process was due to happen September but I don't know if this has been completed yet!

https://www.desalination.biz/news/0/Cyp ... ject/8793/


Shane

The Authorities are now inter connecting the Evretou Dam with the Asprokremnos Dam through pipe work and also
the Kannaviou Dam is involved. (which is already connected with Peyia) One can see huge pipes being involved in some villages around Polemi.

Google translation

"Race to prevent Paphos from thirsty

The WFD struggle now focuses on the construction and operation of the desalination plant in Paphos. The goal is to go through 2018 to meet the city's needs. Mr Manolis expressed hope that the procedures will be completed in order to begin supplying desalinated water to Paphos from the summer of 2019. He explained, however, that the Department does not sit tied hands waiting to do everything well in relation to the competition in progress.

He added that in order to avoid the risk of drinking water in Paphos in the summer of 2018, the Asprokremos and Euretos dams would be interconnected. The work, completed, will be completed in 6 to 8 months. According to Mr. Manolis, by installing pipelines to interconnect the two dams, it will be possible to transport 10 thousand cubic meters a day from Kannavi. It is noted that Paphos' daily needs amount to 30 thousand cubic meters of water per day."

full article in the Greek press:


http://www.philenews.com/koinonia/eidis ... ta-fragata

Max

Yes,all this is unfortunately true. I think that I had said that the desalination plant was due to be dismantled following the end of its contract.
The reason given for why the plant was to be 'mobile' was that a) it could be assembled much quicker than anything perminent b) It was cheaper. When we had sufficient rainfall and the dam was providing enough water, the desalination plant was not required. The previous mayor of Paphos thought that maintaining the plant was too expensive and cancelled the contract.
Hence the situation that we are faced with now.
Better to pray for a really wet winter with snow which would help to fill the nearly empty dam before next summer.
Dee

Unfortunately, both the 2 dams mentioned are smaller than the Asprokremnos and are both at a fairly low level. At this rate Polis and all the villages between there and Paphos who get their water from the Everitou and Kannaviou will also run out of water...
Lets all do a rain dance!

Dee

Just a snip from Bing map, how it looked before they dismantled it. And the rain so far will not fill up the Paphos dams.



Max

If we don't get sufficient rain to fill the reservoirs then I guess that people will resort to pumping water from the boreholes and thus from aquifers again, though I think that this practise has been greatly discouraged in the last few years... as over pumping them brings the risk that the water in them will become saline and thus unusable.

What I can't understand is why nothing has been done so far to educate the general public about the water shortage and the likehood of water rationing being necessary if people don't economise with their use and to try to eliminate unnecessary waste of water.

Dee

If you would like to keep up to date with the water levels in the reservoirs here is the link to Reservoir Storage - Water Development Board

http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/wdd/Wdd.nsf/r ... ment&print