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[twinkle]

Always blame the foreigners. Great attitude.

[LENA]

I know that they charge more when you cross a limit of the amount of water you use and even more if you go further I am not sure how much is this but definitely will make a difference on your bills. And you will have to pay money if they get you waste it or your neighbors report you.

Swimming pools cause humidity and they indeed waste a big amount of water.

[denizaksulu]

I know that they charge more when you cross a limit of the amount of water you use and even more if you go further I am not sure how much is this but definitely will make a difference on your bills. And you will have to pay money if they get you waste it or your neighbors report you.

Swimming pools cause humidity and they indeed waste a big amount of water.

In addition charging money, whatever the cost will not bring rain. Hefty fines and supervision is the best bet. Do you have water meters at each household? Surely a meter would make peoplethink twice!

[LENA]

I know that they charge more when you cross a limit of the amount of water you use and even more if you go further I am not sure how much is this but definitely will make a difference on your bills. And you will have to pay money if they get you waste it or your neighbors report you.

Swimming pools cause humidity and they indeed waste a big amount of water.

In addition charging money, whatever the cost will not bring rain. Hefty fines and supervision is the best bet. Do you have water meters at each household? Surely a meter would make peoplethink twice!

We do have...but that doesnt make any difference to anybody....

[raymanuva]

My mother in law keeps wasting water... i yelled at her in front of my neighborhood one day to stop wasting water in our yard but i just found her next day doing the same....

So, the enemies are: Foreign Housemaids and Housewifes in their late 60s

[devil]

Yes, mains water is metered and the tariffs are progressive. The first 10 m3 in a quarter is charged @0.25, the next 20 m3 @0.35 ... up to above 100 m3 @ £1/m3. The problem is also that half the houses have boreholes/wells that are unregistered/illegal and these pull water out of the same water tables as are used for municipal supplies. Even the legal ones are unmetered. The average guy thinks that this water is free and uses it prolifically (until they dry up or the level drops and sea water infiltrates), not thinking they may be depriving others. If I were a benign dictator, I would force boreholes to be metered and the water extracted charged for at 2/3 the rate for potable water.

I would also cut the water supply to offenders and force them to go to a standpipe with their jugs for 2 weeks (1st offence) or 2 months (2nd offence).

[denizaksulu]

My mother in law keeps wasting water... i yelled at her in front of my neighborhood one day to stop wasting water in our yard but i just found her next day doing the same....

So, the enemies are: Foreign Housemaids and Housewifes in their late 60s

Unfortunately old habits die hard. I remember my grandmother washing her marble floor every morning. I remember well because I had to carry the water from the well from the other end of the village, first thing in the morning before the sun got too hot. We had shortages then as well. (1960) so its nothing new.

Maybe the goverment would be better off using the £40 million (or was it euros) on sorting out the water crisis. Instead of 40 new Tanks they could invest in 'Water tanks'.

[raymanuva]

denizaksulu, yeah i just seen this article in Cyprus mail... what an insanely stupid decision... + they need more sophisticated fire helicopters/planes.

[twinkle]

Nothing will be spent. Not on tanks, desalination plants or anything else. With the elections coming up all the cretins...sorry, candidates won't want to upset anyone. This country is so backwards sometimes. As an island there should be desalination plants all over the coast line. But no one will want them near their land and no one wants to upset a voter.

[denizaksulu]

denizaksulu, yeah i just seen this article in Cyprus mail... what an insanely stupid decision... + they need more sophisticated fire helicopters/planes.

We cannot discuss tanks here. Wrong topic.

There will be some forum members will say that they cannot defend Cyprus with water Tanks though. Against what? Turkey would not attack the water tanks of any EU member state. The goverment is just keeping the tension high. Presidential elections spring to mind.
Regards
Deniz