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Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Following a conversation with
Tala Council, I can update members on the water-supply situation, which
is unfairly impacting the higher properties in Kamares Village. The
lowest ones are hardly affected at all.
The old pipework does not allow the council to select different
areas to feed.
The amount of water currently being supplied from Paphos to Tala
does not allow uninterrupted supply. Much of the time, it is necessary to
alternate between Tala and Kamares. Presently the amount available is not
enough to fill the Kamares tank. When the tank empties, the nearest
houses lose their supply, while lower houses are still fed from water in
the system.
A possible solution is to increase both On and Off times, filling
the tanks further to maintain flow to higher houses. A problem with this
is that the forces caused by flow re-starting can be enough to cause pipe
bursts in the old infrastructure.
To help with the immediate problem, the council is sending twenty
(20) tanker loads of water to refill the tank, but this trebles the cost
and is not sustainable in the long run.
The overall situation will not improve unless residents in houses
unaffected by supply failure do their duty to higher residents, by
cutting down on usage: limit watering gardens, don’t wash cars with a
hose, never fill empty pools from the mains (it’s illegal anyway). There
are lots of other ways of saving water, and we should all be aware of the
need to be frugal.
Chris Coleman
KVHA President
president@kvha.cy
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