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	Conserve Water......Please! Environmental Liaison Group Update ... From Mike Haigh

THE Environmental Liaison Group has been asked by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources to ask the British expatriate community to conserve water.

In view of the statements appearing in the local press recently it seems that this is most necessary and no doubt we will “do our bit” without any urging.

However just as a matter of interest - considering the whole island, 70 million m³ of groundwater flows to the sea yearly and 270 million m³ is either pumped out or comes from springs giving total extraction from the aquifers of 340 million m³/year. The annual aquifer recharge has been estimated at 300 million m³, so there would be up to 40 million m³/year of excess pumping over natural recharge. As a result, the total area of Cyprus is experiencing a gradual decline in groundwater, which lowers the water table.

As far as the TRNC is concerned apparently we face an annual deficit of fifteen million cubic metres over the next decade. So put a litre bottle of water in the loo tank, - every little helps!

Mike Haigh, Chairman,

Environmental Liaison Group

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