“There will be no drilling. In Agrigento we have two springs: the Bonamorone spring which is upstream from the fountain and is a water that we already treat, making it drinkable. Tomorrow morning there will be an inspection by technicians from the municipality and from Aica with the speleologist. This is a source that can be used almost immediately, without the need for drilling. The same goes for the other source found in Via Solferino which is the one that the private individual has already made available of a large water flow, are sufficient to buffer the emergency somewhat”. The mayor of Agrigento, Francesco Micciché, said this during the meeting held this morning in the prefecture regarding the water crisis and the solutions that are being sought and made operational. Water, crisis or no crisis, is dealt with by the Region through the joint ventures of the ATI. Concerned with public order and safety, the prefect Filippo Romano has, over the last few months, repeatedly summoned all the institutions and bodies involved.
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Enel watermaker available
“Enel has made the watermaker available which supplies 28 cubic metres, it is small but functional and refueling with the tankers can be done continuously because they have accumulation tanks and you don’t have to wait for the water to be desalinated – he continued, trying to make the point, the mayor of the city of Temples – I also believe very much in the Porto Empedocle watermaker because it was built in unsuspecting times and then decommissioned. In my opinion, there is an emergency or not. given climate change, we need to work on this immediately. I want to work on it at a regional level, but also at a private level. If tomorrow any entrepreneur or multinational comes from abroad and offers a finance project, why not? they could be much shorter, as long as it is competitive and does not cost the citizen a lot. With photovoltaics, the cost can be reduced.”
Motoape or porter for the streets of Girgenti
“I asked to supply the municipality of Agrigento with small vehicles. The tanker cannot enter many streets, to supply some users such as B&Bs we bought a 70 meter hose. But we need to find two or three motorbikes or porters so that can arrive both in the structures that deal with tourism and in private users there is the elderly or the disabled – explained the mayor Franco Micciché – With regard to the water network being renovated, let me explain: we have not lost the funding Rup blocked the work and we drew on the first, useful, financing. And the fact that Rup blocked the work made it possible to ensure that there was no need to redo the tender and allow another 2 years to pass. This is not the case a promise, it’s a reality. We have recovered the money to redo the water network from where we lose 60% of water”.
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Water crisis: supply the prison with tankers and recover water for Favara
The appeal: the prison population be reduced
“I have written, in agreement with the mayor of Favara Antonio Palumbo, to the Penitentiary Affairs department of the Ministry of Justice to ask for a reduction in the prison population. The penitentiary institution has the autonomy of 24 hours, if there is a lack of water, at the twenty-fifth now the revolt breaks out. So if the prison population is reduced I obtain two effects: I extend the duration of autonomy and remove the risk of discontent among prisoners and I reduce the needs of the penitentiary institute – explained the prefect of Agrigento, Filippo Romano, – The municipality of Favara, in agreement with Aica, has also managed to make an outlet that wasn’t there before, an outlet to integrate the water”.
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