Panayiotou pledges more desalination units to combat water crisis

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou on Friday said the government will bolster the island’s capacity to desalinate water, as Cyprus battles an ongoing water shortage.

She said that two new mobile desalination units, which are set to be installed in February and March, are to be placed in Limassol, with one set to be located near the Garyllis river and the other near the city’s port.

The addition of these two units, she said, will bring the total number of desalination units operational on the island to nine...