Nicosia: Reservoirs across Cyprus are at 21% capacity, Marios Hadjicostis, Senior Technical Engineer at the Water Development Department (WDD), told CNA on Monday.
According to Cyprus News Agency, Hadjicostis noted that storage levels have decreased from last year, when they stood at 25.4% during the same period with 73.8 million cubic metres of water. Currently, the reservoirs hold 61.15 million cubic metres, indicating a notable decline.
Recent days have seen reduced reservoir inflows due to minimal rainfall in early March. The replenishment of these water reserves depends on both the total amount of rainfall and its geographic distribution. Rainfall on the south-western slopes of the Troodos Mountains is particularly crucial for feeding the major reservoirs.
Despite favorable inflows in February, overall reserves remain low, Hadjicostis mentioned. Authorities are now hopeful for more rainfall in the latter half of March to improve the situation.
Additionally, Hadjicostis highlighted that desalination plants are providing approximately 70% of the drinking water demand in Limassol, Nicosia, and Larnaca.