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[repulsewarrior]

...just as a matter of record:

http://cyprus-mail.com/2014/06/30/droug ... ion-plant/

...this, and an electrical grid that meets its demands, despite Mari, demonstrates what planning can be done.

...regarding the, project of the century as it's called, confusion seems to exist for its completion, it will not be complete for July, as announced in an article I read this week, (although August is the tentative deadline), it may be completed by September, in any case from the comments I noted, readers complain there is no infrastructure to get the water where it is really needed.

...one hopes that the pipeline is a good idea, and well executed; it is really putting all the eggs in one basket, so to speak.

[repulsewarrior]

...more food for thought, I include this article complete, for the record:

Between 2020 and 2050 Cyprus will face conditions of drought, extreme rainfall and more days with temperatures rising over 35⁰C.

These are the findings of the research conducted so far in the framework of the European programme BeWater, according to a Cyprus Institute press release, on Wednesday.

Cyprus Institute researcher Adriana Bruggeman explains that the European research programme BeWater follows an innovative dialogue and cooperation process between the scientific community and society and takes place in Mediterranean basins, in Spain, Slovenia, Tunisia and Cyprus.

Environmentalists, local authorities, farmers and public officials specialising in water, agriculture, environment and town planning took part in the first workshop and made specific recommendations to help Cyprus adjust to climate change, the press release says.

In particular participants propose a more equitable distribution of water, better implementation of the relevant environmental legislation, organising awareness campaigns and cleaning river beds and parks situated along the rivers.

Climate change has made water management even more crucial for Cyprus and the wider Mediterranean region, they point out.

The project continues with expert interviews and meetings with relevant authorities in September, the press release says, adding that expanding this collaborative process will be also looked into during the public consultation stage.

A second workshop is scheduled to take place in June 2015 to jointly review the recommendations and plans for climate change adaptation, the press release concludes. — (KYPE)
http://famagusta-gazette.com/cyprus-fac ... 271-69.htm

[Lordo]

sooner or later you boys will drink terkish water, especially the arch vicar.

[Maximus]

sooner or later you boys will drink terkish water, especially the arch vicar.

Why?

Droughts are now thing of the past with the sixth desalination plant.

“The desalination plant inaugurated today, along with units already operating and those already upgraded, guarantee that Cyprus will not face the problem of drought again. The disruption of water supply is now an outdated phenomenon in the history of Cyprus.”

[repulsewarrior]

...think 12.5 million as a population, think ocean acidification, beyond Erdogan, or our own lifetimes, what we are doing today effects our survival in a world which as predicted will be much more hostile to life as we know it. Conservation, is important, and the ho hum attitude to be happy, because there is water to drink today must be replaced with a reverence, because water is the basis of all life, and "man" does not live, alone. regretfully desalination is not a fix-all panacea, like the pipeline, they have a cost which goes beyond building a new one when its needed, the waste, as in the brine, the cost of the electricity (either way: energy), the water from a mountain far away, is not freely obtained, nothing, as we must come to realise is infinite, the sea is not infinite in its resources, or as a garbage can, we know that, I suppose, what makes us think that water can be "ours", just by taking it (or creating beyond a carbon footprint, a very toxic salt residue which so far serves no practical purpose, and which when returned, harms the sea).

...smart would be to embrace the fact that water shortage is everyone's problem: it may be that Cypriot water is exported to Lebanon and beyond, it may be water whose source is in Turkey will travel further than Cyprus too, if Cyprus is an Energy Hub, this would not be inconceivable, (after-all, Cyprus is the crossroad of three Continents). the world having become so much smaller, will reveal our intentions not just as "People(s)", but as a Race.

..."terkish" water I don't think so, not when it represents a threat to the Sovereignty of the island, not when it is the result of failure by what is an illegal and corrupted regime to manage and maintain, water, because it is that valuable, not when at the other end someone, not "terkish" enough, is left with less. but I won't disagree with you Lordo, because water will be found to drink from our own poop sometime in the future, by then water from Turkey may not seem so disagreeable, I hope.

[Oceanside50]

...think 12.5 million as a population, think ocean acidification, beyond Erdogan, or our own lifetimes, what we are doing today effects our survival in a world which as predicted will be much more hostile to life as we know it. Conservation, is important,

Or think that all will be fine and dandy..where Cypriots will be importing supertanker loads of Perrier to wash their derrière.. Think of producing 10,000 heads of lettuce in a day on a football size field..Think of taking a pill that will give you all your daily nourishment.. Think of a few atoms of silicone lighting up a city. Think of a box the size of a fridge and a button, press the button and anything to your hearts content appears inside the box...who needs Turkish water?

[Lordo]

terkish water it will be then.

[Lordo]

just to let you boys know that water is arriving in north lefkosa in september and those interested should bring their own bottle and for an orderly aqua que. there will be no favours and charluis will pay double.

[kurupetos]

just to let you boys know that water is arriving in north lefkosa in september and those interested should bring their own bottle and for an orderly aqua que. there will be no favours and charluis will pay double.

I will come to piss on you, melonhead.

[Lordo]

for you the price is 4 times reh vromoshillo, you have the table manners of a of a macedonian.