Water resources (rivers, pits, fountains) in Alambra village

In the old days, water was supplied from the two community pits known as Pano and Kato Lakkos. They are both located on the bank of the Ammos river, a tributary of the Tremithos river, which runs through the village, but their water was limited and in the summer months they would dry up completely. The villagers would obtain water from pits in the plain or in Mavrogi, and from a spring of the Ammos river. Obviously, the inhabitants of the ancient settlement (discovered in 1976 by the American Archaeological Society) which according to archaeologists dates back to the 2nd Bronze Age (2,000 BC), also used to be supplied with water from these two pits. At the end of the 19th century, pits were dug in the location "Pervolia of Savva", but the water supply would not last long. Many young people were forced to emigrate to other villages. They again resorted to the fountains of "Paliopanni" river; some of them with cattle, others carrying a pot on the shoulder, whole convoys would travel to get water, as if it was sacred. Every day, throughout the day and even at night, they would travel to obtain this precious liquid, for themselves and for their animals. Truth is, this fountain never ran dry. Even during the worst droughts, as the older men used to recall, they would get water from there to their wives so that they could bake the Christmas bread and buns (Georgiou, 1989 p. 32)