Gela, drought emergency, actions to the Government. Schifani urges the restart of the water desalination plant

The Council of Ministers is now expected to proceed with the declaration of a state of emergency due to the drought, a measure expected for next week together with the allocation of the first sums for the most urgent interventions. This is what we read in a note from the President of the Sicilian Region. The working group, also engaged in continuous meetings in recent days, has identified the necessary interventions, differentiated according to the implementation times. Among those rapidly implemented, the purchase of new tankers for Sicilian municipalities in crisis, the regeneration of wells and springs and the restoration of abandoned ones, the strengthening of pumping systems and existing pipelines, the construction of new pipelines bypass. For the next few months, however, we are evaluating the renovation and restart of the Porto Empedocle watermaker, in the Agrigento area, and one of the two in Trapani and Gela (Caltanissetta), an operation that will require longer times and tender procedures . Meanwhile, the regional Civil Protection department has set up nine technical tables in the Civil Engineering of the capitals of each province with representatives of the Water Department, the Reclamation Consortia, and the Basin Authority. This resulted in numerous proposals for urgent interventions, which were examined by the control room. Furthermore, several meetings were held with Siciliacque, Aica Agrigento, Caltacque and Acque Enna.