what have you today? especially boring ole sundays...

[Snoopy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7481034.stm

So, Barman, have you reached the "drinking your own urine" stage yet, or are you supping from the swimmimg pool. Or - god forbid - drinking your home brew?

This is probably a stupid question but seeing as Cyprus is an island hasn't anyone thought about building a desalinisation plant there  

It is an island in the Mediteranean ~ otherwise known as a sewer. It would need more than the salt removing.

[Grumpmeister]

So a combined desalinisaton/water treatment works. If a major plant can be built in Ghana then one can be built near Old Baldy. 

[Barman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7481034.stm

So, Barman, have you reached the "drinking your own urine" stage yet, or are you supping from the swimmimg pool. Or - god forbid - drinking your home brew?

This is probably a stupid question but seeing as Cyprus is an island hasn't anyone thought about building a desalinisation plant there 

We have desalination plants but not enough – they’re working flat out already.

The last water cuts were seven years ago…. In that time the government has done absolutely nothing about the problem – rather like the UK really.

Even this importing thing was being talked about last year and they didn’t actually put it in motion ‘til about March – they’ve just had their heads in the sand and hoped for rain.

Consequently we have water cuts – two days a week here at the moment I’ve got a great big tank on the back of my truck which I use to collect non-potable water for the pool and garden.

[Barman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7481034.stm

So, Barman, have you reached the "drinking your own urine" stage yet, or are you supping from the swimmimg pool. Or - god forbid - drinking your home brew?

This is probably a stupid question but seeing as Cyprus is an island hasn't anyone thought about building a desalinisation plant there 

It is an island in the Mediteranean ~ otherwise known as a sewer. It would need more than the salt removing.

here you ignoramus...

http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/wdd/wdd.nsf/All/50189B849C08223BC2256DFD0032D1B2?OpenDocument

[Snoopy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7481034.stm

So, Barman, have you reached the "drinking your own urine" stage yet, or are you supping from the swimmimg pool. Or - god forbid - drinking your home brew?

This is probably a stupid question but seeing as Cyprus is an island hasn't anyone thought about building a desalinisation plant there 

It is an island in the Mediteranean ~ otherwise known as a sewer. It would need more than the salt removing.

here you ignoramus...

http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/wdd/wdd.nsf/All/50189B849C08223BC2256DFD0032D1B2?OpenDocument

All that and you still have to carry water from the well. 

[Barman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7481034.stm

So, Barman, have you reached the "drinking your own urine" stage yet, or are you supping from the swimmimg pool. Or - god forbid - drinking your home brew?

This is probably a stupid question but seeing as Cyprus is an island hasn't anyone thought about building a desalinisation plant there 

It is an island in the Mediteranean ~ otherwise known as a sewer. It would need more than the salt removing.

here you ignoramus...

http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/wdd/wdd.nsf/All/50189B849C08223BC2256DFD0032D1B2?OpenDocument

All that and you still have to carry water from the well. 

Yes... my mate has a borehole with a 35KW pump on it... when I start it up to fill the tank the water pressure nearly takes me off my feet... 

[Nick]

I am on the cusp, thus I have 2 star signs and enjoy the best one!

[Barman]

I am on the cusp, thus I have 2 star signs and enjoy the best one!

You deserve a cusp around the ear for believing it… 

[Nick]

Aquarians are superior!

And yes it's all bollocks.

But we are still superior.

ANd have hair

So there

[Barman]

Aquarians are superior!

And yes it's all bollocks.

But we are still superior.

ANd have hair

So there

Sticks and stones, etc. 

[Nick]

I have my organ to attend to!

[Barman]

I have my organ to attend to!

[Nick]

Bigger than that






















Unlike yours 

[Barman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7481034.stm

So, Barman, have you reached the "drinking your own urine" stage yet, or are you supping from the swimmimg pool. Or - god forbid - drinking your home brew?

And what has our village done to alleviate the water shortage do you think…? 

Correct, planted a brand new grass football pitch! 

NEW FOOTBALL PITCH & RECREATION GROUND
Progress has been made towards the completion of the new state-of-the-art grass
football pitch at the top of the Village. With the completion of the levelling works
and the installation of complex drainage, the inevitable taxing logistical problems
have been successfully tackled. We are now waiting for the watering tanks for
irrigation, which will feed from an adjacent dedicated borehole and will not affect
normal Village water supplies. On Monday they will start fencing the area (no dogs!).
Seeding is to be done next Thursday.

The pitch will provide a great amenity for the Village for many years to come. The
location, right next to the two village schools, is ideal.

The project started over a year ago, and the bulk of the heavy work has been
carried out by Sappers from 62 (Cyp) Sup Sqn RE from Dhekelia as a donation to the
community. The Forces team, for whom this sort of project is not only rewarding
but a useful logistical experience, has been warmly welcomed and cosseted by the
local community. They have been challenged to a match with the Village when the
pitch is ready.

Some 3000 tons of earth, needing 120 lorries, have been moved to and spread on
the site. From the pictures below you will get an idea of the scale of the huge heavy
plant needed, including the sifting of the earth into clean sand for the surface of
the pitch. The finished pitch will be 6,600 square metres. It will have a caretaker,
appointed by the Council, solely responsible for maintaining the pitch.

The Mukhtar, and the Village, are grateful to the Chief Officer of the SBA, Peter
Draycot, LCpl Paul Patterson and the squadron SNCOs and Mr. Akis. The
coordinator of the management of the project from within the Village has been
Petros Foutas, our Village Office Executive Secretary, who must feel a great
satisfaction at the successful conclusion of such an immense project. Plans and
technical supervision were carried out by Mr Stefos Zachariou, the Technical
Advisor of the Council.

[Snoopy]

All these bore holes must mean there is water down there .... why is it not cleaned and used?