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Parched Cyprus took its first delivery of water by ship from Greece on Monday to stave off a drought which has sapped water reserves to critically low levels and triggered emergency rationing
http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=102229
However even that is not enough; state geologists have disclosed authorities were contemplating the purchase of giant drills able to penetrate depths of up to 800 metres, double the existing capacity, in their search for ground water |
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| Authorities have warned that the imported water, costing the government some 40 million euros (US$63.25 million), is not the solution to the island's chronic water shortage. |
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Thirsty Cyprus left three metres short of water supplies
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NICOSIA (AFP) — A 3.5-metre (10-foot) miscalculation with the final section of an undersea pipeline is depriving Cyprus of badly-needed water supplies shipped over from Greece.
Greek Cypriots on Monday were still awaiting the precious cargo to reach shore, a week after it arrived off Cyprus.
The specially-built 1,320-metre undersea pipeline falls 3.5 metres short of a land pipe which is to channel the water to a distribution centre, said the shipping company involved in the project.
The connecting pipe from the ship is not long enough after experts apparently miscalculated the length.
A red-faced Agriculture Minister Michalis Polynikis told state radio of his "surprise" over the latest snag because up until Sunday lunchtime he was confident water would be offloaded.
The drought-parched island is in desperate need of additional water supplies from Greece to replenish dwindling reserves, but it now has to wait until the problem is fixed.
A Cypriot shipping firm is to ferry a total of eight million cubic metres (280 million cubic feet) of water from Greece to help ease the holiday island's water crisis.
The entire deal will cost the government more than 40 million euros (62 million dollars) but still only meets half the island's estimated shortfall of 16 million cubic metres by the end of this year.
The first ship -- carrying 50,000 cubic metres -- has been anchored off the southern port city of Limassol since June 30. A second tanker will not depart from Greece until the initial consignment is unloaded.
Six tankers are involved in ferrying the water to Cyprus, with the transfer -- totalling 200 shipments -- expected to be completed by November.
Because of a two-year drought, most households on the eastern Mediterranean island have had water supplies reduced by a third to try to tackle the shortage.
The government is also looking to draw up a long-term strategy, including more desalination plants and increased output from the two existing ones.
Reservoirs in the government-controlled southern part of divided Cyprus are now at just 6.8 percent of capacity, or 18,730 million cubic metres, a third of the level of the same time last year. |
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| Cyprus always had to hoard water > a bit of history |
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| Archaeological evidence from all eras shows just how precious a commodity water has been to Cyprus down the ages. Water shortages are not a new phenomenon that has emerged due to the increase in climatological changes worldwide. The island has suffered regularly from droughts and water shortages, forcing its various occupants to find the most efficient ways to collect, store and convey water. |
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| Cyprus has survived numerous much longer droughts. Some 1700 years ago, for example, the island had to be evacuated after nearly two decades without rainfall. Based on historical evidence, around 306 AD Cyprus was so badly affected by lack of water that the island was almost deserted. It was only when the drought finally ended that people were transported back to the country from the island of Tylos. |
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Greek ship dumps water for Cyprus
The ship pumped 40,000 cubic metres of water into the ground rather than a reservoir because delays had made the water unsuitable for consumption.
Cypriot Agriculture Minister Michalis Polynikis denied the water would go to waste, saying it was important to enrich the water table.
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“Cyprus Collapse May Be Imminent!”
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“We are going through a visual process of desertification. Krasochorio near Limassol, has lost its environment [Ecosystems have collapsed]. Around 85 per cent of the population has left. In Lania, 30 villas are surrounded by burnt land after the fires. What can the villagers do with them now?” Said the former Cypriot Agriculture Ministry official, Antonis Constantinou.
“What Cyprus is not good at is holding water, avoiding erosion, adapting to water shortage, and not giving incentives which can’t guarantee a better future for the island. We are also not so good at keeping greenery, avoiding fires, fighting fires, giving incentives to people to manage land, even non-agricultural land owners,” he added. (Source) |
http://edro.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/cyprus-collapse-may-be-imminent/
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Purified seawater pumped in north Cyprus
By Cemil Aybar in Northern Cyprus 25.JUL.08
Turkish Cypriot officials have announced that purified seawater is being provided to a village in the Famagusta district.
Officials said work to provide water from the Bafra Sea Water Purification Facility to the hotels in Bafra Region, which is 25 miles north of occupied Famagusta on the "panhandle", is continuing within the framework of a project launched earlier.
Purified water has been supplied to the Yarkoy village since June 16 as a first step of the project.
In a seperate development, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey plans to supply drinking water to northern Cyprus via a pipeline running 110 kilometres (70 miles) between its coast and the Mediterranean island.
The entire island is suffering from drought, with water cuts in place on both sides of the island.
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Greek water finally flows into Cyprus pipes
Water from the Ocean Tankers has start flowing into the island's water pipes
By Philip Turner 27.JUL.08
Greek water from the Ocean Tankers vessel off the coast of Limassol port started flowing into water pipes at 1.30pm on Sunday, almost a month after it arrived in Cyprus.
It is expected to take more than 24 hours to pump the 24.000 cubic metres of the much-needed supplies from the vessel to the shore, from where it will flow to the Yermasoyia aquifer.
Following this process, water from the second Ocean Tankers ship will start flowing into the island's water pipes.
There were concerns that the water would no longer be fit to drink. However, on Friday, Supervising District engineer Sophocles Aletraris said that the water was being regularly monitored by the state laboratory while onbard the Ocean Tankers vessel, assuring consumers that they need not be concerned about its quality.
Last month, Cyprus and Greece signed an agreement for providing the transportation of eight million cubic meters of water to Cyprus, which this year is facing a serious problem of water shortage.
The first Ocean Tankers vessel arrived at Limassol port on July 1 but the pumping of water from the ship was delayed for several weeks due to the 1,400 metre pipeline connecting the tanker to the shore being 3.5 metres too short.
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Famagusta Gazette 02.AUG.08
The Agriculture Minister Michalis Polynikes has said that water transfer operations are running smoothly.
Speaking in Paphos, the minister said he is confident that the smooth flow of water from all the tankers will continue without any hitches. |
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