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[phoenix]

It struck me yesterday when I was walking Skilos that we are literally surrounded by water… Not the sea, which needs considerable amounts of energy to turn into usable water but all the water stored in empty properties.

If you think about it for a moment…

Each empty property has 1,000 litres of water sitting in their cold storage tank and an additional 250 litres in their hot tank.

In addition, if they have a pool there is another ~50,000 litres sitting there doing nothing?

In my own street alone, a development of just nine properties there are seven currently standing empty – two unsold and the others ‘holiday’ homes. Of those, four have pools. So, just in our street along (a tiny portion of Pissouri) there is ~200,000 litres of water standing ‘unused’.

If you multiply that by all the unsold or otherwise unused properties on the island the amount of water standing idle must run into millions and millions of litres.

Now, I’m not suggesting that it is practical to go around with a big tanker collecting the hot and cold water from each empty apartment but in time of crisis surely some basic legislation could be applied that prevented unused properties being ‘filled-up’ and unused pools being filled/maintained would save a considerable amount of water?

What thinks you lot?

Excellent observation .... and may I add I think one of the biggest crimes is bottled water.

How much water is there, stored in bottles around supermarkets?

I know we may need the bottles shortly, but it is almost as though the water shortage has been created by the very act of bottling it all up! ........ The dams lie semi-empty, and their water is sitting in little bottles in shops.

How about that for a moan!

[cyprusgrump]

It struck me yesterday when I was walking Skilos that we are literally surrounded by water… Not the sea, which needs considerable amounts of energy to turn into usable water but all the water stored in empty properties.

If you think about it for a moment…

Each empty property has 1,000 litres of water sitting in their cold storage tank and an additional 250 litres in their hot tank.

In addition, if they have a pool there is another ~50,000 litres sitting there doing nothing?

In my own street alone, a development of just nine properties there are seven currently standing empty – two unsold and the others ‘holiday’ homes. Of those, four have pools. So, just in our street along (a tiny portion of Pissouri) there is ~200,000 litres of water standing ‘unused’.

If you multiply that by all the unsold or otherwise unused properties on the island the amount of water standing idle must run into millions and millions of litres.

Now, I’m not suggesting that it is practical to go around with a big tanker collecting the hot and cold water from each empty apartment but in time of crisis surely some basic legislation could be applied that prevented unused properties being ‘filled-up’ and unused pools being filled/maintained would save a considerable amount of water?

What thinks you lot?

Excellent observation .... and may I add I think one of the biggest crimes is bottled water.

How much water is there, stored in bottles around supermarkets?

I know we may need the bottles shortly, but it is almost as though the water shortage has been created by the very act of bottling it all up! ........ The dams lie semi-empty, and their water is sitting in little bottles in shops.

How about that for a moan!

Excellent… and top marks for being on-topic.

I really do think that with all the unused stored water, on roofs and as you say in the supermarkets the problem could be solved.

[phoenix]

It struck me yesterday when I was walking Skilos that we are literally surrounded by water… Not the sea, which needs considerable amounts of energy to turn into usable water but all the water stored in empty properties.

If you think about it for a moment…

Each empty property has 1,000 litres of water sitting in their cold storage tank and an additional 250 litres in their hot tank.

In addition, if they have a pool there is another ~50,000 litres sitting there doing nothing?

In my own street alone, a development of just nine properties there are seven currently standing empty – two unsold and the others ‘holiday’ homes. Of those, four have pools. So, just in our street along (a tiny portion of Pissouri) there is ~200,000 litres of water standing ‘unused’.

If you multiply that by all the unsold or otherwise unused properties on the island the amount of water standing idle must run into millions and millions of litres.

Now, I’m not suggesting that it is practical to go around with a big tanker collecting the hot and cold water from each empty apartment but in time of crisis surely some basic legislation could be applied that prevented unused properties being ‘filled-up’ and unused pools being filled/maintained would save a considerable amount of water?

What thinks you lot?

Excellent observation .... and may I add I think one of the biggest crimes is bottled water.

How much water is there, stored in bottles around supermarkets?

I know we may need the bottles shortly, but it is almost as though the water shortage has been created by the very act of bottling it all up! ........ The dams lie semi-empty, and their water is sitting in little bottles in shops.

How about that for a moan!

Excellent… and top marks for being on-topic.

I really do think that with all the unused stored water, on roofs and as you say in the supermarkets the problem could be solved.

Brilliant morning's work

...... Now apply that cerebral hothouse of yours to the Cyprus Problem, Grumps ...... and we can all call it a day!

[cyprusgrump]

It struck me yesterday when I was walking Skilos that we are literally surrounded by water… Not the sea, which needs considerable amounts of energy to turn into usable water but all the water stored in empty properties.

If you think about it for a moment…

Each empty property has 1,000 litres of water sitting in their cold storage tank and an additional 250 litres in their hot tank.

In addition, if they have a pool there is another ~50,000 litres sitting there doing nothing?

In my own street alone, a development of just nine properties there are seven currently standing empty – two unsold and the others ‘holiday’ homes. Of those, four have pools. So, just in our street along (a tiny portion of Pissouri) there is ~200,000 litres of water standing ‘unused’.

If you multiply that by all the unsold or otherwise unused properties on the island the amount of water standing idle must run into millions and millions of litres.

Now, I’m not suggesting that it is practical to go around with a big tanker collecting the hot and cold water from each empty apartment but in time of crisis surely some basic legislation could be applied that prevented unused properties being ‘filled-up’ and unused pools being filled/maintained would save a considerable amount of water?

What thinks you lot?

Excellent observation .... and may I add I think one of the biggest crimes is bottled water.

How much water is there, stored in bottles around supermarkets?

I know we may need the bottles shortly, but it is almost as though the water shortage has been created by the very act of bottling it all up! ........ The dams lie semi-empty, and their water is sitting in little bottles in shops.

How about that for a moan!

Excellent… and top marks for being on-topic.

I really do think that with all the unused stored water, on roofs and as you say in the supermarkets the problem could be solved.

Brilliant morning's work

...... Now apply that cerebral hothouse of yours to the Cyprus Problem, Grumps ...... and we can all call it a day!

Oh dear, do I have to?

I was thinking of having a lie down after that brilliant mornings work…

[purdey]

Do the pair of you work for the Cypriot Government,you seem very in tune with the way they work...

[cyprusgrump]

Do the pair of you work for the Cypriot Government,you seem very in tune with the way they work...

Unfortunately not…

[phoenix]

Do the pair of you work for the Cypriot Government,you seem very in tune with the way they work...

Most sarcastic ..... noted!

Eeerr .... can someone do something about that problem we've just solved


Now, I really must have my nap after all that thinking and communicating.

[Bill]

Water resrictions in Cyprus have never affected the tourist industry.In past years they have been exempt from water cuts.Maybe this will change ?

Actually quite the opposite Purdy ~ although I can only really speak with certainty about Larnaca I found that whilst we had huge problems in larnaca town the out lying villages were hardly affected .

To be honest we didn't have periods of water cuts we had periods of the supply being ON .

We were restricted to having a very low pressure supply THREE TMES A WEEK ~ during the hours of midnight and 6 am ~ Monday, Tuesday and Friday nights with the pressure so low that it didn't quite manage to always fill the tank ~ making the reserve last over the weekend until Monday was a real struggle.

You only had to sit in the bars and cafes on the sea front and listen to folk complaining to see how desperate the situation was .

The bigger hotels were ok as they were buying in tankers full of water to top up their tanks ~ sadly the smaller hotels suffered badly with lots of holiday makers cutting their holiday short as they were disgusted at not being able to fulfil the basics of hygiene by being able to flush the toilet after the hotels reserve tanks ran out.

Meanwhile my relatives in the outlying villages were offering to wash my car as it was so dirty.

I can't see how they can cut water selectively leaving the hotels on and the rest off ~ In Larnaca they just threw the switch and that was it.

Bill

[cyprusgrump]

Do the pair of you work for the Cypriot Government,you seem very in tune with the way they work...

Most sarcastic ..... noted!

Eeerr .... can someone do something about that problem we've just solved


Now, I really must have my nap after all that thinking and communicating.

We-ell… If everybody agrees that we are totally brilliant and have had fantastic ideas… why don’t we get everybody to e-mail the water people and tell them?

O-or… somebody here must have a contact at the newspapers?

[purdey]

I did not know that.I remember three years ago Limassol residents had no water between the hours of 10am to 8pm.The tourist area was unaffected,hence the locals used the hotels more during the day.