Water scarcity is becoming a major issue at Lake Mornos, which supplies the Athens basin. The drought has caused the water level to drop so much that the homes from the village of Kallio, which sank in 1980, are surfacing once again.
As explained in the show “Hour of Greece” by the President of the Kallio Community, Apostolos Gerodimos, “Due to weather conditions, it hardly rained last winter, and the mountains had no snow. If this continues, we will certainly have a huge problem in the basin.” Mr. Gerodimos explained that Kallio sank in 1980 when the Mornos dam was closed. “In 1993, the water level had dropped again. Fortunately, it started to rain again, and the lake refilled,” he noted, emphasizing that the village, from which buildings such as the school and some houses can be recognized, has emerged again in the last few months.
In the OPEN show, the emeritus professor of ecology and environmental policy at NTUA, Kimón Chatzimpíros, also spoke. “This winter it is extremely crucial to have serious rainfall but also snow,” said the professor, who noted that drought is just one of the phenomena brought by climate change. “Drought is a consequence of the dry weather. However, there are also heatwaves, wildfires, and I fear that in a few weeks we will see landslides due to floods. The phenomenon of climate change has already manifested, and I fear it will continue to manifest for many decades,” he emphasized.
See what was said on the OPEN show “Hour of Greece”