Drought: Cyprus to import water from Greece

Drought hit Cyprus is to import around 8 million cubic meters of water from Greece.

Agriculture Minister Michalis Polynikis said yesterday that under a contract the government signed with a local shipping company, Greek water will be ferried to Cyprus from June to November to ease the shortage in the east of the island.
The minister added that they were also looking at other ways to deal with the drought, such as building more desalination plants.

Cyprus has been hit by drought for the past four years due to lack of rainfall and hot weather. Official figures show water in the island's dams fell to 9.8 percent of the total storage capacity.

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