Achna
Famagusta · Famagusta District
Capacity
6.8 hm³
Coordinates
35.053°N, 33.812°E
Operator
Water Development Department (WDD)
4.2% full
Current fill
4.2%vs 7 days ago
+2.6%gaining
vs 1 year ago
+2.1%year-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Why this dam can read near zero
Achna Dam sits on no watercourse. It is filled by transfer from the national conveyor rather than by its own catchment runoff, so its level tracks how much water is being moved into it — it can sit near empty by design, in a year when the rest of the island is comfortable. Read it against its own history below, and against the island-wide figure, rather than as a drought signal on its own.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 6.8 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 6.8 hm³ |
| Dam height | 16 m |
| Dam type | embankment |
| Year built | 1987 |
| Primary use | water supply |
| Operator | Water Development Department (WDD) |
| Province | Famagusta |
| River basin | Famagusta District |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 35.053, 33.812 · Open in Google Maps
About Achna
As of September 25, 2026, Achna is filled to 4.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 0 hm³ of water out of a maximum 7 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 2.6 percentage points, and it is 2.1 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Achna — 954 data points between January 1, 1988 and September 25, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (January 1, 1988) to a high of 93.5% (March 15, 1990). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Achna stands 16 m tall and is a embankment dam and was completed in 1987. It is operated by Water Development Department (WDD) primarily for water supply. It lies within the Famagusta District basin at 35.053°N, 33.812°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 4.2%
- Water stored
- 0 hm³
- Total capacity
- 7 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 2.6 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 2.1 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River basin
- Famagusta District
- Dam height
- 16 m
- Year completed
- 1987
- Operator
- Water Development Department (WDD)
- Coordinates
- 35.053°N, 33.812°E
- Last updated
- September 25, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | 4.2% | 0 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 1.6% | 0 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 4.2% | 0 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 1.2% | 0 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 1.2% | 0 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 1.2% | 0 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 1.2% | 0 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 1.2% | 0 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 1.3% | 0 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 1.2% | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 1.3% | 0 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | 1.3% | 0 |