Astypalaia joins Greek island drought list

[AMNA]

Astypalaia successful the southern Aegean Sea has go the latest Greek land to beryllium declared successful a temporary state of exigency owed a deficiency of drinking water.

The Environment and Energy Ministry’s determination Monday is effectual for three months. While not restricting section consumers’ entree to water oregon hiking prices, the ruling will let authorities to prioritize nationalist works to conserve water while maintaining and modernizing the island’s network.

Greece’s Aegean islands are connected the whole arid, strangers to regular rainfall and prey to overtourism successful the summertime when their populations multiply. At the aforesaid time, they are seeing a crisp summation successful numbers of freshwater swimming pools among rampant operation of vacation homes and tourist infrastructure.

The ministry besides Monday renewed for three much months the state of exigency declared connected Patmos successful the Dodecanese earlier this year.

Similar decisions person been taken so acold this year for Corfu successful the Ionian Sea and Symi, besides successful the southern Aegean.

In November, Leros successful the Dodecanese and Meganissi successful the Ionian Sea – arsenic well arsenic the full Greater Athens portion – were designated successful a state of exigency owed to deficiency of drinking water. Heavy rains and snowfall successful areas supplying Athens person since alleviated the occupation for the capital.