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I have just seen a post on the Alsancak, Lapta and Girne FB pages that there is a problem with the pumping station or pipeline from Turkey (take your pick) and we can expect no water for at least 3 days. These messages were posted yesterday and people are being asked to conserve water. Back to the good old days then!

I live in Ilgaz, we have been like that for most of the year.

No water in Karaman for most residents since Saturday. Apparently there is a broken pipe which will be fixed tomorrow!

My water in Catalkoy gets turned off at 06:00 every morning and back on again around 18:00 every night, apart from weekends when it just gets turned off on Friday and back on again sometime on a Monday. Has been that way for the last 5 years - apparently there is a broken pump or a pipe or a problem or any combination of them and will always be fixed on Monday! The Turkish water did arrive - I brought it home in a bucket from the new dam just so I could say I had some when the price went up! It's Cyprus and I have a well, always have a belt to go with your braces and a bit of string as well helps - lol.

Çatalköy Belediyesi
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DUYURU:

Türkiye'den Geçitköy'e gelen su boru hattında oluşan arızadan dolayı bölgemize su verilememektedir. Vatandaşlarımızın sularını kontrollü kullanmaları önemle rica olunur.

Announcement:

We are unable to provide water to our area due to the malfunction in the water pipeline that comes from turkey to gecitkoy. It is important that our citizens use their waters in control.

Think this needs to be kept at the top

Kath wrote:Think this needs to be kept at the top

...well, it will automatically go to the top as soon as anyone gets some news and posts it on here - I don't see the point of keeping it at the top with old news just for the sake of it.

Lower Ozankoy, water off for several days, only jus trickling in, almost zero pressure on gauge!

Water has been off since Saturday morning in Esentepe, it's just started coming through in the last hour or two but the outage may not be connected to the Girne problem.

KARAAGAC

NOt wishing to add to rumours but was told by someone in Esentepe Beledeye that it was off for a week and a half. Not however sure when that started from !

We have never been on water from Turkey in Karsiyaka anyway. Same old, same old ......

Bert,
We are on outskirts of Esentepe. Our water was on Saturday at 7am but off by mid morning, came on again yesterday afternoon at full pelt but was off again this morning. Who knows what's going on? Probably not the Belediye lol.

Meldy I do not know where you are in Karsiyaka but we have had Turkish water for a long time, we are on the beach side near Jessics

jimm wrote:Meldy I do not know where you are in Karsiyaka but we have had Turkish water for a long time, we are on the beach side near Jessics

But are you getting rationed like the rest of us?

Still not a drop up here in Karaman...start of day five.

as we are quite low down we have water most of the time even when the pumps are off at the moment the pressure is under 1 barg but we are still getting water

Back in Yesiltepe at 5am this morning.

Back on lower lapta sea side

Still now't Catalkoy side of Ozankoy

Thanks for that “come on A”

And it's off again!!

Full tanks now in Arapkoy

Been without water since friday in lower Ozankoy-I am now forced to drink my own urine,not too bad though with a dash of Tanqueray and a splash of schweppes. i've tasted worse.

Philoz wrote:....I am now forced to drink my own urine......

Is that known as "getting your own back".....

Most of Karaman has water now.....but not where I live as this part is having new main water pipes laid. Looks like the job could take a good few days yet....and, because the narrow road has been dug up with trenches at the sides and across the road, no tankers etc. can reach us. Ho hum!

'Drinking ones own urine' eh? we dream of being able to do that west of the Lapta strip. It's been days now without a drop of mains water and to say we are a tad 'parched' is an under statement. . There's tumbleweed blowing down the road and a desert forming. What do those who did away with their water tanks because of the new Turkish water mains think now? Just managed to get a water tanker in to top up our water tank. Had started to seriously wonder if we needed to leave NC.

We had a tank of water through the pipes early Wednesday morning, I was wondering if it is from the wells. Alsancak have said they will.supply a tanker if you are.getting low and it should be free of charge.
Just.how much longer can this go on, I am dreaming of a long hot shower,may have to book into a hotel for the night!

Philoz wrote:Been without water since friday in lower Ozankoy-I am now forced to drink my own urine,not too bad though with a dash of Tanqueray and a splash of schweppes. i've tasted worse.

I have heard that a shot of Zivaia helps to diminish the bitter taste.

Update-day 6 without water.

To compound problems,I am now short of the precious amber liquid in order to make Urine based G+Ts .

I am appealing to fellow kibcommers for more supplies-top quality only please from healthy kidneys,no vegan or teetotaler appreciated.

Kanonier wrote:

Philoz wrote:...I have heard that a shot of Zivaia helps to diminish the bitter taste.

After reading the 'Zivaniya' thread, I think that it might be the other way around

Philoz wrote:Update-day 6 without water.

To compound problems,I am now short of the precious amber liquid in order to make Urine based G+Ts .

I am appealing to fellow kibcommers for more supplies-top quality only please from healthy kidneys,no vegan or teetotaler appreciated.

Now your taking the ****!

Should I move this to the Jokes category???

Does anyone have any updates regarding the water supply? We are in Esentepe and still have no water now after 6 days.

Back on at Lanterns

MrsD wrote:Does anyone have any updates regarding the water supply? We are in Esentepe and still have no water now after 6 days.

Wow. 6 days without water. That is tough going. How are you coping?

Came back on in Esentepe village last night.

Back on slightly West of Esentepe this morning, still trickling in now.

Trigger wrote:

MrsD wrote:Does anyone have any updates regarding the water supply? We are in Esentepe and still have no water now after 6 days.

Wow. 6 days without water. That is tough going. How are you coping?

In Karaman we have been used to no MAINS water for lengthy periods, some people experiencing 2-3 weeks on occasions. Best thing to do is have large storage tanks.

I'm not really sure what this means

Duyuru:

Çatalköy Belediye idaresinin almış olduğu karar dorultusunda, Çatalköy Belediyesi’ne 3 dönem ödenmemiş su borcu olan vatandaşlarımızın, en geç 15 Ekim Pazartesi günü mesai bitimine kadar, belediye veznesine yatırması önemle rica olunur.
Ödeme yapmayan vatandaşların su aboneliklerinin kapatılacağını ve haklarında yasal işlem yapılacağını bildiririz.

Çatalköy Belediye İdaresi

Announcement:

In The 3th period of the decision of the municipal administration, the catalkoy municipality has been asked to be able to make it to the municipality of the municipality, at the latest, until the end of work on Monday, October
We inform that non-Payment citizens will be closed to the water of the water, and they will be

Catalkoy Municipal administration

Nor do I but copied and pasted into Google translate & it made more sense. Basically anyone with 3 years!! of unpaid water bills that are not paid by 15 Oct will have water cut off and possible legal consequences!

Magic! Not had any mains water for a week now, bills all paid. Do I go down and cut off the Belli?

jayceebee wrote:

Trigger wrote:

MrsD wrote:Does anyone have any updates regarding the water supply? We are in Esentepe and still have no water now after 6 days.

Wow. 6 days without water. That is tough going. How are you coping?

In Karaman we have been used to no MAINS water for lengthy periods, some people experiencing 2-3 weeks on occasions. Best thing to do is have large storage tanks.

At a time when in most countries services such as a good internet connection is a basic right, I find it crazy that people are having to go without a service such as running water. It’s crazy.

Mrs D......if you are in Esentepe you should have water now.........check meter display,if you are in credit and Kontrol is showing on display insert your card and press black button until beep sounds and you will hear motor whirring,this will then open your meter.The meters often randomly lock for no reason but seem to lock more when supply interrupted.
Worth a try.

We have water - it is running down the road from where the Belli are in the progress of widening the road at the top of our race track - sorry I mean hill - so water is here at last. In fact there is so much water down the road that it has formed a small lake in a secondary road off the race track, guess I will be out with a bucket later on today for some free water - lol.

I gather the water is running freely now that the Russian Submarine has been dislodged from the pipeline

Gerry5063 wrote:Nor do I but copied and pasted into Google translate & it made more sense. Basically anyone with 3 years!! of unpaid water bills that are not paid by 15 Oct will have water cut off and possible legal consequences!

Thanks Gerry

Water is off again in Karsiyaka and has been for 2 days. Just what is actually going on?

Mine is on and I am in Karsiyaka

Hector wrote:Water is off again in Karsiyaka and has been for 2 days. Just what is actually going on?

Have you thought of asking the Belediye?