Photo: Koliri · CC BY-SA 3.0The Asteri reservoir, also called the Parapeiros lake, is a new reservoir in western Achaea, near the village of Mitopoli, on the boundary between the municipal units of Farres and Olenia, with Mount Erymanthos in the background.
How it formed
An earth-fill dam on the Parapeiros, a tributary of the Peiros, forms the lake. It is part of the Peiros–Parapeiros scheme, which was finished in 2019 and fills gradually, to bring drinking water to Patras and western Achaea.
History
At some water levels a small islet appears, with the chapel of Saint Theodore, which belonged to Mitopoli.
Visit
Swimming
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Tips
This is a working drinking-water reservoir, so ask in Mitopoli or the villages around about access to the shore. The islet and chapel can be seen only at certain water levels.
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Sources & data
- Greece's 2022 Water Framework Directive reporting to the EEA: lake (LW) and transitional (TW) water bodies, field cArea, European Environment Agency (WISE WFD), reported by Greece, 2022
- OpenStreetMap: Λίμνη Αστερίου (relation 12091950), OpenStreetMap contributors
- Greek Wikipedia: Λίμνη Αστερίου, Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata: Asteri Lake (Q109301707), Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia: Olenia, Wikimedia Foundation
- The Asteri reservoir (2021), Orthodoxia News Agency
- The Peiros–Parapeiros dam works, Newmoney