Also the Bes report (Equitable and sustainable well-being) certifies the inefficiency of Sicilian water service. “Calabria And Sicily they are the worst regions” explains the document published by Istat. In the same way it also puts the growth of the region in black and white waste sorting and the increase of areas served from Internet network Of last generation. There Drought has put the regularity problem of the water servicewhich on the island – according to the Bes report – is also got worse in the last five years. In Sicily, where the regional waste plan should be approved in “a few months”it was done anyway “a big leap forward” in the separate waste collection service. Approved by the council, the same general management plan provides for reaching the 65% threshold. Sicilian families have also witnessed an improvement in the last five years internet network coverage last generation.
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Bes Report. Water service, Sicily black jersey
Starting from positive newsaccording to Istat “la water distribution network turns out pretty good in all regions”. Overall in 2023, they declared irregularities in the water service only 8.9% of families Italian, but this “average value is the synthesis of very different situations”. And indeed, in Calabria 38.7% of families declared irregularities in water supply, exceeding three times the national average. Likewise, the Sicily records a significantly high rate of problems related to the water service, with 29.5% of families reporting difficulties, a value more than double compared to the national average. That of water is a central problem especially for Southern Italy and Sicily. The data already cited for the two worst regions exceed the Italian average – respectively – by over 29% and over 20%. In all the territories of North the average index remains below 5%, with the exception of Liguria in which it rises to 7.8%.
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Istat adds, in Sicily “the condition is not improving”
Focusing again on the two regions of Southern Italy, Istat traces the problem of the inefficiency of the water service of Calabria and Sicily “in the presence of poor infrastructure“. They had already highlighted it too trade associations for the island. The Bes report then added: “The situation in Calabria and Sicily shows no improvement“. If it is true that in 2022, the island went from 4.9 to 3.9 interruptions per inhabitant, in the 2019 – 2023 comparison the declarations of irregularities they rose from around 27% to the aforementioned 29.5%. Looking at the progress of the Sardinia one can understand how the Sicilian deficit cannot be found justification in “geography”, therefore ininsularity. An element that the report instead considers for other basic services. In 2022 the Sardinians recorded an interruption of the water service per inhabitant which fell from 3.3 to 2.8 and in the last five years irregularities dropped from 15% in 2019 to 11% in 2023. Arriving today just above the national average by 8.9%.
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Separate waste, the “great leap forward” has been made in Sicily
In 2022, the 60.2% of Italian families live in a municipality that has achieved the objective
of the 65% Of waste sorting some waste. The Bes report writes: “Almost 29 million tons of urban waste produced, 18.6 million are collected in a separate manner.” 11 out of 20 regions they achieved the European target of 65% and did so beyond half of the municipalities, 5,420 out of 7,901. The most virtuous areas, however, are the autonomous province of Trentothe Sardinia and the Marche (90% of families live in a municipality which has reached 65%). While bringing up the rear I am alone Lazio And Campania (only 30% of families live in a municipality which has reached 65%). There Sicily it is not yet a virtuous region, but it was still highlighted in the report for “a big leap forward” in waste sorting activities. The “indicators, while remaining very far from the target, they went from 37.3% to 45.4% of separate waste collection in 2022 alone”. In reality these data would already be outdated: Legambiente in the report Recycling municipalities in Sicily 2023 cites a percentage of 53.34% for the same year.
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Sicily, homes connected at 60% explains the Bes report
Given no region Italian is still close to reaching the European standards which foresee, by 2030, a 5G high speed connection potentially for every home, Sicily does not disappoint for the presence of modern internet network on the territory. The island, from 2019 to 2023, recorded growth for connected areas high speed and 5G. It remains distant from the best Molise (84.6%), autonomous province of Trent (77.6%), Campania (72.1%) e Lazio (71.7%), but over the five years it has increased the percentage of connected areas by 30%. They were only 30% in 2019, they are 60% in 2023. The growth of the modern internet network in Sicily is a goal not to be taken for granted still looking at the geography of the territory, island and with several remote areas. The Sicilian one is also good data as it is a region in the South. Overall, the data demonstrate this Calabria And Sardinia, where the situation was defined as “critical” by Istat. There are in the two regions less than 40% of families who live in an area served by fast internet. In Calabria the exact percentage is 36.1% and in Sardinia 39.2%.
