Polemidia
Limassol · Garyllis Basin
Capacity
3.4 hm³
Coordinates
34.722°N, 32.984°E
Operator
Water Development Department (WDD)
42.9% full
Current fill
42.9%vs 7 days ago
-0.2%losing
vs 1 year ago
+17.2%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 3.4 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 3.4 hm³ |
| Dam height | 45 m |
| Dam type | embankment |
| Year built | 1965 |
| Primary use | water supply |
| Operator | Water Development Department (WDD) |
| River | Garyllis |
| Province | Limassol |
| River basin | Garyllis Basin |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 34.722, 32.984 · Open in Google Maps
About Polemidia
As of September 25, 2026, Polemidia is filled to 42.9% of its total capacity, holding roughly 2 hm³ of water out of a maximum 3 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.2 pts), and it is 17.2 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Polemidia — 954 data points between January 1, 1988 and September 25, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (December 15, 1998) to a high of 100.0% (March 15, 1988). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
The dam at Polemidia stands 45 m tall and is a embankment dam and was completed in 1965. It is operated by Water Development Department (WDD) primarily for water supply. It lies within the Garyllis Basin basin at 34.722°N, 32.984°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 42.9%
- Water stored
- 2 hm³
- Total capacity
- 3 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.2 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 17.2 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Garyllis
- River basin
- Garyllis Basin
- Dam height
- 45 m
- Year completed
- 1965
- Operator
- Water Development Department (WDD)
- Coordinates
- 34.722°N, 32.984°E
- Last updated
- September 25, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | 42.9% | 1 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 43.1% | 1 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 42.9% | 1 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 43.2% | 1 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 43.4% | 1 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 43.5% | 1 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 43.5% | 1 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 43.5% | 1 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 43.7% | 1 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 43.6% | 1 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 43.7% | 1 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | 43.7% | 1 |

