High and dry for three days

RESIDENTS of Pissouri village in the Limassol district were left dry for three days after the village was left without water following a fault at a nearby plant.

The inconvenience remained even with the return of the water with some residents reporting that after the problem was supposedly fixed, water running out of their taps was sandy and sludgy.

Loizos Loizou who owns a butcher’s shop in the picturesque village with a population of around 1,300 people told the Cyprus Mail that the village was left in disarray after the mini-drought.
“It was a big problem because to be left without water for three days is not on. It must have been a very serious problem to take them three days to fix it.”

Nikki Dake, an English resident of the village, said that most people in Pissouri are used to things being cut off whether it be water or even electricity.

“Luckily we have a large water tank and that kept us ticking during the time the village had no water. Unfortunately we are all getting used to things been cut off so it wasn’t too much of a surprise when the water got cut off. Whenever there is an electrical storm up here the electricity almost always goes out.”

But even when the water came back there were still problems as Dake explained, “When the water eventually came back it was all sand and sludge and since seeing it that way, we haven’t even checked since to see if it has been restored.”

The General Secretary of the Pissouri committee Petros Foutas told the Cyprus Mail that a mechanical failure in the water plant nearby and that the problem has now been fixed.
“It seems that that a problem occurred with one of the booster’s of the machinery pumping water into our village. We were obviously put out by this problem in the village but at least we have had it sorted out now.”

Pissouri is located in the principal vine growing area with sultana grapes covering the surrounding countryside and high up on the hillside about 1,000ft above the sea.

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