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Greece's Epiphany events marking Christ's baptism highlight concerns about water scarcity
Athens reservoirs fell from over 1 billion to 390 million cubic meters since 2022, prompting a €2.5 billion program to improve water security and reduce losses.
- On Tuesday, Orthodox Epiphany ceremonies were used by Greek officials to highlight growing water scarcity, with George Stergiou of EYDAP attending and a priest casting a cross into depleted Lake Marathon as Antonis Stamou said `That doesn’t happen anymore`.
- Officials say prolonged droughts have become more frequent and intense, and heavy rains often do little to replenish supplies during this third consecutive year of reservoir declines, residents of Athens and surrounding areas noted.
- Aggregate figures reveal water in the four reservoirs supplying Athens has fallen from more than 1 billion cubic meters in 2022 to about 390 million cubic meters, Sofia Nalpantidou said.
- The state-run utility announced a decade-long investment program with pipe replacements, smart meters, and expanded wastewater reuse, while Stergiou said the first step is replacing uses with recycled water.
- Authorities declared a water emergency in the capital last November after dramatic declines, while managers stress Marathon and linked system reservoirs are partly managed for seasonal flood control, complicating refill prospects.
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Greece's Epiphany events marking Christ's baptism highlight concerns about water scarcity
Orthodox Christians attended Epiphany ceremonies on Tuesday, highlighting water scarcity concerns in Greece. Officials used the occasion to draw attention to the issue.
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While Orthodox Christians around the world attended the Epiphany ceremonies on Tuesday to commemorate Christ’s baptism, concerned officials in Greece took the time to highlight the growing water shortage.
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