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[Big Al]

Hypothetically speaking, if Turkey were to build a pipeline to deliver water to Nth Cyprus and Israel, would GC's accept TC water??

[Big Al]

thanks for the response, we have one in the affirmative already!!!

[Oracle]

No we would rather it went via the moon first

Big Al ... were you allowed to play with Lego and Meccano as a child?

[Tim Drayton]

Speak for yourself. There is only about two week's supply of water left here in Limassol, and if they don't manage to get some of the water from the second Greek tanker into the city's water supply network this time, we are in deep trouble. I would be happy to see water come from any source if it meant that the taps were running 24/7.

[pantheman]

Speak for yourself. There is only about two week's supply of water left here in Limassol, and if they don't manage to get some of the water from the second Greek tanker into the city's water supply network this time, we are in deep trouble. I would be happy to see water come from any source if it meant that the taps were running 24/7.

Yes you would, some of us have morals.

But I am very well aware of your turkish connections so I can see why you answer the way that you do.

When Turkey behaves and becomes a responsible international member, anything is possible, but right now, no way jose.

[Oracle]

Wimps

You would never have made it through the Girl Guides self-sufficiency trials.

Go on then Tim if you are panicking ...... go start digging to lay a pipe from Turkey ...

It'll be thirsty work

[Kifeas]

Hypothetically speaking, if Turkey were to build a pipeline to deliver water to Nth Cyprus and Israel, would GC's accept TC water??

Without a solution to the Cyprus problem, and without an end to the illegal Turkish occupation of Cyprus, Turkey would be the very last option we would ever possibly consider getting water from, and only if all other options have been unsuccessfully exhausted. This is something that should have been understandable by now, since no one in his right mind will go and set up his life dependant to an enemy that occupies his country and forces him to spend half a billion euros a year to maintain an army against his occupier. We would rather dissolve the army first and use the money to import water by the bottle, than end up depending on water from Turkey. How on earth we will possibly veto Turkey's EU accession if it continues the violation of our people’s human rights due to its occupation of half of our country, if at the same time we depend on her for our daily water needs (i.e. for our lives?) Isn’t it absurd? Of course, after an agreed and acceptable to us solution, which will normalise relations with Turkey, the issue becomes an entirely different one.

[Kifeas]

Speak for yourself. There is only about two week's supply of water left here in Limassol, and if they don't manage to get some of the water from the second Greek tanker into the city's water supply network this time, we are in deep trouble. I would be happy to see water come from any source if it meant that the taps were running 24/7.

Well Tim, I suggest you better get used to the idea that from now on the taps won't be running 7/24, regardless from were water will eventually come from, and learn how to conserve and store water.

[Nikitas]

The assumption is that Turkey will have enough water to sell, even if we had no problems between us, and could spare some to sell to us and the Israelis.

The sufficiency is not guaranteed. The only guaranteed source of water is that which comes from desalination plants in the south. Depending on ANY foreign country, even Greece, for water is not a good idea.

The surprising thing is that when you search water desalination, harvesting or conservation on the Net, there are no Cypriot information sources. We should be the leading authorities on the subject but we are not. Is this another case where Cypriot graduates do not want to get their hands dirty with technical work, or research projects and prefer to struggle for cushy government jobs? Just a suspicion I have........

[Tim Drayton]

The assumption is that Turkey will have enough water to sell, even if we had no problems between us, and could spare some to sell to us and the Israelis.

The sufficiency is not guaranteed. The only guaranteed source of water is that which comes from desalination plants in the south. Depending on ANY foreign country, even Greece, for water is not a good idea.

The surprising thing is that when you search water desalination, harvesting or conservation on the Net, there are no Cypriot information sources. We should be the leading authorities on the subject but we are not. Is this another case where Cypriot graduates do not want to get their hands dirty with technical work, or research projects and prefer to struggle for cushy government jobs? Just a suspicion I have........

True. Big Al did begin his question with the words "hypothetically speaking", and my reply was in that spirit.

In fact the major metropolitan areas of Turkey frequently suffer severe water shortages and I have experienced far worse in Turkey than the rationing we currently face here in Limassol.