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    October 14, 2026
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    October 14, 2026

    Germasoyeia Dam

    Germasoyeia eased to 47.8% (6.45 MCM), 41.1pp above last year's 6.7%.

    Total Capacity
    13.5 mln. m³
    Current Storage
    47.8%
    (6.5 mln. m³)
    vs Last Year
    +41.1%
    change
    Forecasted Restrictions
    Not Expected
    Since Oct 1
    0.0 mln. m³
    Built:
    1968
    Height:
    49 m
    River:
    Germasogeia
    Type:
    Earthfill

    Storage Forecast
    Declining (4 years)

    Dry years (1 in 10)
    Median
    Wet years (1 in 10)
    Restriction Threshold (7%)
    Dry years (1 in 10)
    Forecasted Restrictions
    11/2028
    Median
    Forecasted Restrictions
    Not Expected
    Wet years (1 in 10)
    Forecasted Restrictions
    Not Expected
    300 replays of past years' weather (since 1995) from today's level, with drawdown that grows with the water stored. The median is exceeded in half of them; 1 in 10 end below the dry line and 1 in 10 above the wet line. Cards show when storage drops below 7% capacity — the point where water restrictions typically begin.

    About the Dam

    The Germasoyeia Dam impounds the Germasogeia river just north of Limassol, Cyprus, above the village of the same name. Completed in 1968, it is one of the oldest large dams on the island — an earthfill embankment 49 metres high with a storage capacity of 13.5 MCM (million cubic metres).

    What sets Germasoyeia apart is that it was never meant simply to hoard water. The dam is the key node of an artificial groundwater recharge scheme: it deliberately releases water down the riverbed so it can soak into the alluvial aquifer below, from which boreholes then pump supply for the Limassol area. In effect the dam re-banks its water underground, where the fierce Cypriot sun — which evaporates around a metre and a half of open-water depth a year — cannot reach it.

    Within the Southern Conveyor system, the network centred on the giant Kouris reservoir a few valleys to the west, Germasoyeia plays a supporting role, providing local storage and recharge for Limassol while the Conveyor moves Kouris water eastward across the island. The reservoir is also a rare inland watersports venue: its calm waters have long been used for rowing and canoeing training.