Cyprus suffers from a chronic shortage of <answer>water</answer>. The country relies heavily on rain to provide household <answer>water</answer>, but in the past 30 years average yearly precipitation has decreased. Between 2001 and 2004, exceptionally heavy annual rainfall pushed <answer>water</answer> reserves up, with supply exceeding demand, allowing total storage in the island's reservoirs to rise to an all-time high by the start of 2005. However, since then demand has increased annually – a result of local population growth, foreigners moving to Cyprus and the number of visiting tourists – while supply has fallen as a result of more frequent droughts.
What resource is scarce on Cyprus?
water