Following the warmest winter and earliest heatwave on record, Greek authorities are warning of the risk of water shortages this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The primary water reserve for the capital, Athens, is down to levels 30 percent lower than at the same time last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201dWould you like some water? Turn off the tap!\u201d reads an appeal to the city's residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elsewhere in the Greek archipelago, the situation is even more acute. Many of the islands rely on wells and desalination plants to meet their water needs, and the pressure on the islands is increasing in line with tourist travel to Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In some areas, the water demand in summer is \u201d100 times greater than in winter,\u201d says an expert interviewed by the news agency AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Efter den varmaste vintern och tidigaste v\u00e4rmev\u00e5gen som registrerats varnar grekiska myndigheter f\u00f6r risk f\u00f6r vattenbrist i sommar. Huvudstaden Atens prim\u00e4ra vattenreserv \u00e4r nere p\u00e5 niv\u00e5er 30 procent l\u00e4gre \u00e4n samma tid f\u00f6rra \u00e5ret. \u201dVill du ha lite vatten? St\u00e4ng av kranen!\u201d, lyder en uppmaning till stadens inv\u00e5nare. P\u00e5 andra h\u00e5ll i den grekiska \u00f6v\u00e4rlden […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":297120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[1435,578,193,794],"class_list":["post-297119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turism","tag-aten","tag-grekland","tag-tag-turism","tag-vatten"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n