Data & sources
Every figure this tool uses traces to a public source listed below. This is a manual seed dataset, refreshed periodically — nothing is scraped at report time. Each entry states exactly what a reviewer must confirm on the live page to move it from unverified to verified.
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Municipality capacity & drought status · 12
Dramatic finding: water shortage in summer from large hotels in a luxury Crete destination — DEYAN cannot guarantee 236.26 m³/day peak
TornosNews · 22 Dec 2025 · EN · Press
Agios Nikolaos (Plaka)verifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10): 236.26 m³/day, 5★, April–October, DEYAN cannot guarantee supply. Caveat: canonical URL 404'd — reached via a variant slug; "374-bed" is NOT in the article.
Crete water crisis — Plaka hotel
Argophilia · 29 Dec 2025 · EN · Press
Agios Nikolaos (Plaka)verifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10): refusal + explicit "Sewerage connection: Impossible" wording.
https://www.argophilia.com/news/crete-water-crisis-plaka-hotel/247051/Last checked: 10 Jul 2026«Viannos is thirsty even in winter» — plans for a dam and three reservoirs
CretaLive · 13 May 2025 · EL · Press
ViannosverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10): chronic drought + dam/three-reservoir plans. Does NOT contain a civil-protection emergency, pool ban, or 2026 extension — those were removed; the pool ban needs a separate source (Dec 2024 decree).
Viannos pool ban — Dec 2024 municipal decree (drinking water prohibited in pools)
Municipality of Viannos (decree) — URL to be catalogued · Dec 2024 · EL · Official
ViannosunverifiedTo verify: Locate and catalogue the Dec 2024 Viannos municipal decree (and Jan 2026 coverage) that bans drinking water in pools; it backs poolRestriction=true, which currently has no live source.
URL pendingLast checked: neverMesara drought — water up to €2–3 per cubic metre from private boreholes
eKriti · 2 Oct 2025 · EL · Press
Faistos (Mesara)verifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10): drought/water-shortage emergency + €2–3/m³ borehole water. Faneromeni reservoir figures NOT present in this article.
Aposelemis reservoir at ~10% of reserves (2,604,953 m³)
Foni Maleviziou · 18 Oct 2025 · EL · Reservoir data
HersonissosverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10): ~10% = 2,604,953 m³ as of 17 Oct 2025; ~100 days' reserve; 2018 low of 1,080,000 m³.
https://www.fonimaleviziou.gr/2025/10/18/sto-10-ta-apothemata-tou-fragmatos-aposelemi/Last checked: 10 Jul 2026Aposelemis reservoir shrinks to just ~23% of normal capacity
Argophilia · 18 Sept 2025 · EN · Reservoir data
HersonissosverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10): 23% of normal capacity (satellite, Sept 2025); supplies "Heraklion and neighbouring municipalities" generally. Does NOT name Hersonissos/Agios Nikolaos or cite a 28–40% cut — those claims were removed.
https://www.argophilia.com/news/aposelemis-reservoir-shrinks-to-just-23-of-normal-capacity/245185/Last checked: 10 Jul 2026Water shortages in Apokoronas may force water-use restrictions
Apokoronas News · 5 Jul 2016 · EN · Press
ApokoronasverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10): shortage + hosepipe bans considered; NO moratorium. Caveat: dated 5 July 2016 — predates the current drought cycle; needs a fresh source.
https://www.apokoronasnews.gr/water-shortages-in-apokoronas-may-force-water-use-restrictions/Last checked: 10 Jul 2026Measures for water consumption in the Municipality of Archanes-Asterousia
Politica.gr · 3 May 2023 · EL · Press
Archanes-AsterousiaverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10): mayoral decision — ban on new irrigation connections, watering-hour limits, possible periodic outages. Real article URL located (previously only the domain was on file).
https://www.politica.gr/kriti/metra-gia-tin-katanalosi-nerou-sto-dimo-archanon-asterousionLast checked: 10 Jul 2026Gavdos SOS for water — municipality's appeal to safeguard drinking water
News247 · 16 Aug 2024 · EL · Press
GavdosverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10): 16 Aug 2024 municipal appeal warning of possible water-supply cuts ("…διακοπές υδροδότησης").
https://www.news247.gr/ellada/gavdos-ekklisi-tou-dimou-gia-na-diafilaxthei-to-posimo-nero/Last checked: 10 Jul 2026Greece monthly briefing: Water Security of Greece under stress
China-CEE Institute · 11 Aug 2025 · EN · Press
Attica (Athens metropolitan area)unverifiedTo verify: Confirm the ~520M m³ Attica reservoir figure (~half 2022) and the ~2-year supply framing.
Greece faces water crisis as crops wither and reservoirs run low
CGTN · 17 Nov 2025 · EN · Press
Karditsa / Lake PlastiraunverifiedTo verify: Confirm Lake Plastira low level and the wheat/barley irrigation impact.
Water-demand coefficients · 5
Tourism and Water Use: Supply, Demand and Security — an International Review (Greek Aegean ≈450 L/guest-night; global avg 222 L/tourist/day)
Gössling et al., Tourism Management · 2012 · Academic
Demand modelverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10, via indexed text + citing reviews; ResearchGate page itself CAPTCHA-blocked): Greek Aegean ≈450 L/guest-night; global avg 222 L/tourist/day. NOTE: the ~880 L luxury figure is Majorca (UNEP 2004), NOT the Greek Aegean.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236018306Last checked: 10 Jul 2026Hotel water consumption at a seasonal mass-tourism destination (Mallorca): 3★≈224, 4★≈285, 5★≈594 L/guest-night
Deyà Tortella & Tirado, J. Environmental Management 92:2568–2579 · 2011 · Academic
Demand modelverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10, via secondary citations; ResearchGate page CAPTCHA-blocked): 3★=224 / 4★=285 / 5★=594 L/guest-night (also 1★/2★ = 208/247). Mallorca-specific, not Greek.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51241903Last checked: 10 Jul 2026Swimming-pool evaporative water loss and use in the Balearic Islands (avg 4.4 L/m²/day; July peak ~6.5)
Hof et al., Water 10(12):1883 (MDPI, open access) · 2018 · Academic
Demand modelverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10, MDPI open access): Balearic average 4.4 L/m²/day; July peak ~200 mm/month ≈ 6.5 L/m²/day. Our value 6 is a peak-summer top-up (between avg and July peak) — defensible but note it exceeds the annual average.
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/12/1883Last checked: 10 Jul 2026Design Guidelines for Drinking-Water Systems, Ch. 3 Table 3-1 (maximum-day factor 1.5 for large systems, up to 2.75 for small)
Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks · 2008 · Official
Demand modelverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10): citable government engineering guideline; max-day factor 1.5 (large systems) → 2.75 (small). Our value 1.3 is a conservative mid-choice below the 1.5 upper bound; if exact URL differs, this is the guideline to cite.
https://www.ontario.ca/document/design-guidelines-drinking-water-systems-2008Last checked: 10 Jul 2026Urban Drainage (3rd ed.) — dry-weather-flow / wastewater return coefficient (fww ≈ 0.75–0.85; 0.85 typical)
Butler & Davies, CRC Press · 2011 · Academic
Demand modelverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10, via secondary citations incl. Duque et al. 2022): standard sewerage-design return coefficient 0.75–0.85 (fww=0.85 common). Textbook reference; our value 0.8 is mid-range.
https://www.routledge.com/Urban-Drainage/Butler-Davies/p/book/9780415455268Last checked: 10 Jul 2026
Regulatory comparable · 3
Texto Refundido de la Ley de Aguas (RDL 1/2001), Art. 25.4
BOE · 2001 · ES · Statute
Spain — Art. 25.4 comparableverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10) from the official consolidated text: the basin-authority report "se pronunciará expresamente sobre la existencia o inexistencia de recursos suficientes" and "se entenderá desfavorable si no se emite en el plazo" (silence = unfavorable).
https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2001-14276Last checked: 10 Jul 2026El agua y el desarrollo urbanístico: la suficiencia de recursos hídricos
elderecho.com · 2019 · ES · Press
Spain — Art. 25.4 comparableverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10): case law treats the report as "determinante" / "materialmente vinculante"; the 2005 reform gave a missing report "sentido desfavorable."
https://elderecho.com/el-agua-y-el-desarrollo-urbanistico-la-suficiencia-de-recursos-hidricosLast checked: 10 Jul 2026Más de 90 planes de urbanismo anulados judicialmente por no justificar la disponibilidad de recursos hídricos
J. A. Ramos Medrano, Actualidad Jurídica Ambiental n.º 67 · 3 Apr 2017 · ES · Academic
Spain — Art. 25.4 comparableverifiedTo verify: CONFIRMED (browser, 2026-07-10): exact title match; >90 plans annulled for failing to justify water availability; AJA n.º 67, 3 Apr 2017.
Verification workflow
- 1Open each source URL above from an unrestricted network.
- 2Confirm the exact claim in that entry's “To verify” line (figure, date, wording).
- 3In src/lib/crete/data.ts (or coefficients/comparables), set the source's status to "verified", fill lastChecked with today's date, and correct the date/figure if the page differs.
- 4If the page is gone or the figure doesn't match, downgrade the record (e.g. capacityStatus → "unknown") rather than keep a stale claim.
- 5Only sources with status: "verified" should back a report issued to a paying customer.
The methodology and field-by-field provenance is documented in src/lib/crete/datasources.md.