Water Scarcity in Cyprus

By: Kiara

Where is Cyprus?

(West Asia)

How Does Cyprus Use Their Water?Once you get to the

‘Recycled Water’ slide and press button, then you can press it!

What are the Main Water Issues?

• Cyprus depends on rainfall for most of their water sources. Time and again, droughts occur. This is a big problem as when there is a drought, the rain does not fall and the water demand increases. Cyprus citizens can’t determine how long a drought is going to last, so they will not know how long it will be until they get some rain.

Water Management Cyprus has a water management system which helps them keep their water sustainable and useful.

Cyprus Climatic Information

In Cyprus, the temperature is variable. In January, the temperature is at it’s lowest at 5.8 degrees. The average temperature is then slightly increased with a peak in July and August when the temperature gets to the max (37.5 degrees)! The temperature then falls through out the rest of the year. Due to the variability during the months, there are a lot of significant changes.

Climatic InformationGraph

Water DamsOver time, 57 large dams have been built in Cyprus to store water. This has helped for when droughts occur.

Here are 4 main dams.

Recycled WaterAs shown on a slide previously, most of the water usage is for agriculture. Recycled water is mainly used for this. This is very useful as the recycled water is put to good use and more fresh water can be used for other purposes. Please click

this button to go to slide with diagram!

ComparisonSubject Adelaide, Australia Nicosia, Cyprus

Lowest minimum temp. 8 degrees 5 degrees

Highest minimum temp. 19 degrees 24 degrees

Lowest maximum temp. 18 degrees 20 degrees

Highest (peak) maximum temp.

30 degrees 40 degrees

Warmest months Jan & Feb July & Aug

Coldest months June, July & Aug Jan & Feb

Hemisphere Southern Northern

Lowest amount of rainfall mm 10mm 0mm

Months of lowest rainfall Feb & Jan July & Aug

Highest amount of rainfall in a month (mm)

June-75mm Jan-58mm

Months of highest rainfall June, July & Aug Jan & Dec

Key geographical features River Torrens, Murray River, Mt Lofty

Mt. Olympus

Population of city 1,304,631 5,000,000 est

Population of country 24,000,000 700,000 est

SummaryAfter experiencing water scarcity, Cyprus has an organised water system but can sometimes be in threat by droughts.

Bibliography• http://www.eu-drought.org/media/

default.aspx/emma/org/10815235/Drought+and+Water+Scarcity+in+Cyprus%2c+Dr+Kyriacos+Kyrou%2c+Director+Water+Development+Department+Ministry+of+Agriculture%2c+Natural+Resources+and+Environment.pdf