Water consumption tracking

At CUT all operational water is supplied exclusively through the municipal mains network managed by the District Local Government Organisation (EOA) of Lemesos and the District Local Government Organisation (EOA) of Paphos. CUT does not operate on-site desalination facilities and does not abstract water directly from rivers, lakes, or aquifers.

The municipal water supply provided to CUT is a blended mix comprising surface water from the Kouris and Germasogeia reservoir system (delivered via the Southern Conveyor Project) and desalinated seawater produced at state desalination plants overseen by the Water Development Department. The ratio between treated surface water and desalinated water fluctuates seasonally, depending on dam storage levels and total regional demand, and therefore in drier periods the proportion of desalinated water typically increases.

CUT’s total volume of water consumed is accurately reflected by the sum of the annual metered volumes recorded by EOAs’ billing meters, which cover all campus buildings, irrigation systems, and process cooling or boiler make- up circuits. These meters record only the total quantity of water supplied by the local EOA and not its seasonal composition (as stated before, the ratio between treated surface water and desalinated water changes seasonally). Laboratory DI/RO water systems, bottled water, and point-of-use filtration units derive their feedwater from the same municipal mains supply and do not represent additional or alternative sources.

All the above information is available on the dedicated webpage of the Environmental Policy Office of CUT.

Whole University

All inbound water at CUT is treated water supplied via the municipal mains of the EOA of Lemesos and of the EOA of Paphos. CUT does not extract water from rivers, lakes, or aquifers and has no on-site desalination. Therefore, the total volume of inbound water equals the sum of all metered mains volumes across campus, as recorded in the EOAs’ meters and invoices.

For the reporting year 2024, the total amount of water consumption was 8468 m³, with treated mains water equal to this total volume, while extracted surface or groundwater remained at 0 m³ and on-site desalinated water also at 0 m³.