Greece’s second-largest city without water.

Thessaloniki:  Large sections of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki have been without water for a fifth day because of damage to an old pipeline.

A broken pipe has disrupted water supplies in
 Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city.

The centre and north-western parts of Greece's second-largest city have been without water since Tuesday, when a 40-year-old pipeline that brings water to the city from 50 kilometres away burst. Hundreds of thousands of people in the metropolitan area of 1.2 million, which includes the city's suburbs, have been affected.

Read the story from The Age - “Greece’s second-largest city without water.”

(Surely, this must be something of a preview of what is to come as climate change brings droughts of hitherto unseen dimensions and the water supplies of cities all around the world begin to dry up - Robert McLean)