Cyprus’s dams are less than half as full as they were this time last year, with total water levels standing at just 13.8% of capacity against 26% a year ago, according to the Water Development Department.
The island’s reservoirs currently hold 40.078 million cubic metres (MCM) of water out of a total capacity of 290.804 MCM. At the same point last year, they held 75.709 MCM.
The three largest dams are all well below a fifth of their capacity. Kouris, the island’s biggest reservoir with a capacity of 115 MCM, stands at 12.3%, or 14.095 MCM, down from 21.7% last year.
Asprokremmos, the second largest with a capacity of 52.375 MCM, is at 12.5%, or 6.556 MCM, compared with 27.8% a year ago. Evretou, the third largest at 24 MCM capacity, is at 18%, down from 25.2% last year.
The worst affected are three dams on the Southern Conveyor network. Achna is at just 1.8% of its 6.800 MCM capacity, Germasoyeia at 3.3% of 13.500 MCM, and Kalavasos at 8% of 17.100 MCM.
Against the broader trend, two smaller reservoirs are bucking the pattern. Kalopanayiotis, with a capacity of 0.363 MCM, is full at 100%, up from 72.2% last year. Pomos, with a capacity of 0.860 MCM, stands at 94.7%, compared with 35.5% at the same point last year.
(information from CNA)
