The Cypriot agriculture ministry said the water’s quality remains good but it has a bad odour, possibly because of its extended storage time or treatment with chlorine. Consequently, it will be channeled into an acquifer rather than directly into the island’s water network as previously indicated. “It will be deposited in the acquifer, to replenish it and where it will undergo a natural filtering process,” said water department official Kyriakos Kyrou, who denied the water would be discarded.

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