This is a 20th century reservoir built using local government funds, in an era when there was no water supply network on the island. The women filled up water jugs there until the 1960s.
In the Spilia neighbourhood, in the picturesque village of Dryopida, there is drinking water supply. Before 1940, Dryopida locals would have to climb down 100 steps, descending to a depth of 35 metres, to get their drinking water.
The very capable and beloved president of the Community of Dryopida, who was also the teacher, constructed a 100 cubic metre water tank. The drinking water came from the Mitsakas spring in galvanised pipes. The women from Dryopida went back and forth to the tank, carrying their water jugs on their shoulder, so that their home could have cool water. In fact, each jug weighed more than 15 kilos! After then 1950s-1960s, with the creation of the water supply network, the facility was abandoned. A small theatre was constructed in the space, utilising the existing buildings.
The reservoir basement is an old spring that ran dry after mining started at Katafyki cave. The top building is a tank for storing water supplied from a spring outside the village. By the tank there is a warehouse. In front of the building their was a complex of fountains, which has been completely destroyed, and there are no photos.
