Lefkara
Larnaca · Syriatis Basin
Capacity
13.85 hm³
Coordinates
34.896°N, 33.290°E
Operator
Water Development Department (WDD)
17.4% full
Current fill
17.4%vs 7 days ago
-0.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
+2.6%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 13.85 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 13.85 hm³ |
| Dam height | 71 m |
| Dam type | embankment |
| Year built | 1981 |
| Primary use | water supply |
| Operator | Water Development Department (WDD) |
| River | Syriatis |
| Province | Larnaca |
| River basin | Syriatis Basin |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 34.896, 33.290 · Open in Google Maps
About Lefkara
As of September 25, 2026, Lefkara is filled to 17.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 2 hm³ of water out of a maximum 14 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pts), and it is 2.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lefkara — 954 data points between January 1, 1988 and September 25, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.4% (January 1, 2009) to a high of 100.0% (March 4, 2004). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around December.
The dam at Lefkara stands 71 m tall and is a embankment dam and was completed in 1981. It is operated by Water Development Department (WDD) primarily for water supply. It lies within the Syriatis Basin basin at 34.896°N, 33.290°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 17.4%
- Water stored
- 2 hm³
- Total capacity
- 14 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 2.6 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Syriatis
- River basin
- Syriatis Basin
- Dam height
- 71 m
- Year completed
- 1981
- Operator
- Water Development Department (WDD)
- Coordinates
- 34.896°N, 33.290°E
- Last updated
- September 25, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | 17.4% | 2 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 17.5% | 2 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 17.4% | 2 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 17.5% | 2 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 17.6% | 2 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 17.6% | 2 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 17.7% | 2 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 17.7% | 2 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 17.7% | 2 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 17.7% | 2 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 17.7% | 2 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | 17.7% | 2 |

