Water supply

The National Statistical Institute presents to the users results from annual surveys in the domain of environmental statistics for 2016.

Residents of five villages in the municipality of Mezdra protest against the planned double rise in the price of the water, sega reported.

From May visitors will be able to visit this marvel of ancient engineering, walking along the full 1,036m length of the tunnel through Mount Ambelos.

The number of suspected cases of cholera resulting from an epidemic in war-torn Yemen has reached 500,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says, quoted by BBC.

At least 1,975 people have died since the waterborne disease began to spread rapidly at the end of April.

Greece's Shipping Industry and the General Secretariat for the Aegean and Island Policy have signed a 870,000 euro contract for the construction of a desalination plant on the remote Dodecanese island of Kastellorizo.

Scarce rainfall and water supply problems are some of the reasons why the Italian capital Rome may be forced to introduce water regime this week, the British newspaper Guardian wrote.

Residents in Paphos face the possibility of severe water shortages if there is little rain this winter as plans to construct a new desalination plant for the district continue to move at a sluggish pace.

Unexpected ‘technical difficulties’ have delayed the invitation of tenders for the creation of the new plant in Kouklia leaving the district at the mercy of Mother Nature.

From today there is a water cycle mode in Haskovo going, after some of the pumping stations were stopped because of high uranium levels established, and the water supplies of the city are already exhausted.

The decision was made after an emergency meeting of the crisis headquarters, bTV reported. There is a prohibition for using water for drinking right now.

Novinite Group organizes a conference dedicated to problem payments in the utility sector.

An acute outbreak of cholera-related cases in war-torn Yemen has claimed the lives of at least 34 people in the past two weeks with over 2,000 people still sick, WHO has said. Meanwhile, Doctors Without Borders has warned that the outbreak could spiral out of control.