Hydrological Study - Sovereign Base Areas Cyprus

Consulting CYPRUS
Figure 19: Conditions of the water at the Salt Lake during the sampling: almost transparent, small pond,
site #6 (A), stained red probably by tannins, small pond near the airstrip, site #9 (B), milky or cloudy due to
resuspended sediments and disturbance of the bottom by feeding flamingos, site #19 (C). Extensive areas
around the lake with thick biofilm layers, site #18 (D). Number of the sites according to Table 2.
In addition to the site observations, ground level depth data were collected from the
Water development department. In particular a series of measurements in the Akrotiri
and Asomatos area have been collected covering the period btween 1961 and 2011.
The collected timeseries (Appendix IV) include four to six depth measurements per
year for each monitoring site.
Initial analysis of the timeseries shows an increasing trend in depth with time which
indicates a gradual lowering of the groundwater levels at all monitoring sites with the
exception of the Asomtos 1935/006 location. Though the gradual decline can be
attributed to a combination of climatic changes, increased water abstraction and the
construction of the Kourris dam, no analysis can be made as to the relative
contributions of these factors.
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