Plans for desalination unit shelved

THE cabinet yesterday shelved plans for a new desalination unit to be operated by the Electricity Authority (EAC) in the Vassilikos area of Limassol because of the recent surplus rainfall.

Agriculture Minister Costas Themistocleous said the plans had been scrapped but could re-surface at a more appropriate time in the future.

Rainfall for the first 10 days of December has been as much as 250 per cent of the entire monthly seasonal average in some places.

The substantial re-stocking of the nation’s dams will lessen summer water shortages.

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