Water scarcity in Greece: Half of Lake Mornos that supplies Greek capital Athens with water has “disappeared” in less than four years. The artificial Lake Mornos is approximately half the size it was in January 2022, according to data presented by the METEO service of the National Observatory of Athens. Video: Size of Lake Mornos January 2022 – September 2025The issue of the decrease in the area and reserves of Lake Mornos led the METEO unit of the National Observatory of Athens to activate the new citizen information service, the Mornos Artificial Lake Observatory See the website HERE. The artificial Lake MornosThe Lake Mornos in Fokida, central Greece, is about 248km away from Athens. In March 2024, another sunken village submerged from the waters of Evinolimni Lake, western Greece, due to water scarcity.