"Challenges of Water Scarcity and Intermittent Supply: Lessons from the Water Board of Lemesos, Cyprus"
The world’s population is increasing at a tremendous rate, the world’s renewable water resources are reducing rapidly, the gap between supply and demand is widening with urbanisation and climate change making it even wider. This paper reviews how the Water Board of Lemesos, Cyprus, a water utility with a proven history of managing extremely well its distribution network, was forced due to water shortage conditions to have intermittent supply, providing water 3 times a week for about 12 hours each time.
