Current water influx insufficient to replenish reserves

The rainfall of the past three days was being beneficial for local water reserves, however, more rain is needed to ensure that Cyprus is navigating its way out of the drought period, the Water Development Department (WDD) said on Monday.

WDD senior officer Yianna Economidou said that Cyprus’ dams currently hold 34 million cubic metres of water, corresponding to just 11.8 per cent of their total capacity of 335 million cubic metres.

Rainfall over the past three days added 2.4 million cubic metres to the reservoirs...