Kibkom North Cyprus Forum

Hi

We've just realised the swimming pool at the empty house next door to us is not now being maintained. The water is green and there are mosquitos.

Is there anyone I can report this to please?

Many thanks

local belediyesi, they take it seriously. if the pool is not cleaned after a visit from the belediyesi the owner is usually fined as it is deemed a health risk.

They will probably empty it as well. I've seen it done.

Standard advice is to pour a pint or so of Diesel into the pool, this will form a film on the surface, and suffocate mosquitoes and anything else trying to breed in there!

Thank you very much, we're Ozankoy so will try there first.

Same happened to us about 4 years ago, we reported it and Alsancak Belediye sent a couple of guys up the next day BUT not before they both had half an hour swimming, having a good time and washing their shorts and T shirts. Only in TRNC.!!!!!! Then they sprayed the surface of the water and channel. They came back next day and sprayed a second time. Neighbours were charged about 40tl and a bill put into their letter box. Probably considerably more now though.

Keithcaley wrote:Standard advice is to pour a pint or so of Diesel into the pool, this will form a film on the surface, and suffocate mosquitoes and anything else trying to breed in there!

Better still paraffin... non polluting, not harmful to birds and a less smelly for the neighbours...

What about animals (including humans) that might fall into a pool polluted with paraffin or petrol, or other

If and when the pool is emptied but not covered and if you can get access, please wedge a plank of wood from the bottom to the top of the pool. This will give stray dogs, hedgehogs etc. which might fall in and otherwise starve to death a chance to climb out.

Ragged Robin wrote:What about animals (including humans) that might fall into a pool polluted with paraffin or petrol, or other

If and when the pool is emptied but not covered and if you can get access, please wedge a plank of wood from the bottom to the top of the pool. This will give stray dogs, hedgehogs etc. which might fall in and otherwise starve to death a chance to climb out.

Well, Groucho did say that a relatively small amount of paraffin was harmless to birds, and he should know, so I would be inclined to think that it would not harm other small animals...

I do agree about providing an escape route however, having lost one cat to drowning in a water storage tank where the water level was a couple of feet below the rim. .. - the farmer had rescued her once before, but sadly didn't hear her the second time. ..

Every tank in my vicinity now has a 'plank'!

actually Keith I had not thought about animals drowning: ! It was stories of animals which had fallen into an empty pool and been unable to get out that prompted the escape route suggestion but I suppose it applies to any form of unprotected water. Fortunately all the tanks under my control are covered.