Reservoir overflow after heavy rain

ARGAKAS reservoir in Paphos overflowed on Sunday afternoon due to the recent heavy rainfall with Pomos predicted to follow suit, according to the Water Development Department’s head Kyriacos Kyrou.

Water levels at Asprokremmos – the island’s second largest reservoir – and Kannaviou also in Paphos are also extremely high, and just last week Xyliatos and Klirou reservoirs in Nicosia district also overflowed.

“At the moment the amount of water stored in the reservoirs is at 149 million cubic metres, bringing them to 51.2 per cent of their total capacity,” Kyrou said yesterday, adding that this is higher than last year’s total capacity at 48.1 per cent.

The Argakas dam has a capacity of just 990,000 cubic metres and overflowed last March.

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