“The water situation in Calabria is of great concern, in some areas there have been drops in production from the springs of up to 50%”. The sole director of the company said this Sorical to some administrators who in recent days have asked the company to increase supplies. The company is alerting the Prefectures and the Civil protection on the state of the ongoing serious water shortage, which could worsen in the coming weeks. To the pressing requests to supply more water, “it’s not always possible”he points out Calabretta.
“It is necessary, however – according to the administrator of Sorical – that mayors issue ordinances that limit or prohibit the use of drinking water for irrigation purposes and the filling of swimming pools. It is necessary – he pointed out – to ensure that the ordinances are enforced through the involvement of the Municipal Police. Without these limitations and without the sensitivity necessary to avoid waste on everyone’s part, inconveniences are destined to increase in the coming weeks”.
Sorical presents the picture of the drought that is affecting various areas of the Calabrian territory. There Menta dam It has a storage volume of 47.7%compared to its maximum capacity, while last year it was at around85% and two years ago the reservoir volume was at 92% of maximum capacity. According to data processed by Sorical technicians, it is necessary to reduce withdrawals to guarantee the production of drinking water until next autumn.
Remaining in Reggio, the Tuccio aqueduct, that feeds the municipalities between Melito Porto Salvo and the southern area of Reggio Calabriarecord -50% of production. The springs recorded significant drops New at the service of Agnana, Canolo and some fractions of Locri And Siderno. Decreasing by 30% also the springs Hot water that fuels Stylus, and Bragatorno for the city of Gerace. A severe drought it is also affecting the city of Palmi, the water balance is missing 35 liters per second with the Vina consortiumforced to carry out night closures to allow adequate accumulation of the tanks.
Here Sorical has activated a technical table and, in agreement with Arrical and Region, some private wells are being requisitioned to deal with the emergency of the coming months. Further south, too Bagnara Calabra has some sources in crisis, in this case Sorical and municipal offices, have already taken action to functionally integrate some aqueduct schemes.
In the province of Vibo decline in 40% of the Conture source for Parghelia, Zambrone And Tropea where it is being covered with wells and bypasses together with other aqueduct schemes. Wells activated and integrations with water schemes also for Tropea, Briatico, Filandari And Miletus due to the decline in 20% of the aqueduct Pore. The situation in the province is also critical Crotone.
Especially the pattern Lese, which serves the municipalities of the Crotone side Verzino, Pallagorio, San Nicola dell’Alto, Carfizi, Cirò Superiore, Crucoli, Torretta di Crucoli, Casabona, Belvedere Spinello, Strongoli Superiore, Rocca di Neto and for the Cosenza side, Campana, Mandatoriccio, Scala Coeli, Pietrapaola, Terravecchia And Decayed.
The scheme Tacina – serving the municipalities of Petilia Policastro, Mesoraca, Cutro, Crotone, Roccabernarda, Santa Severina, Altilia, Scandale, San Mauro Marchesato – records a significant reduction in sources and a greater decline is expected in the coming weeks, with the increase in temperature. Flow reductions are already being recorded for two other aqueduct schemes: Sila Badiale serving the Municipalities of Saint John in Fiore, Castelsilano, Caccuri And Cerenzia; scheme Brigante-Pulitrea at the service of San Giovanni in Fiore And Cotronei, the flow rate reduction is approximately 30 liters per second.
In the province of Catanzaro, there are drops, which are currently physiological in the springs Posino Montenero for the municipalities serving Tiriolo, Gimigliano and other. It’s a full emergency Stalettì, where municipal and regional wells have suffered a sharp drop in production. Tomorrow morning Sorical will start extraordinary maintenance of the Drago well. While to Botricello, the re-efficiency of some wells has allowed the historical flow rates to be restored in this period.
Finally, in the province of Cosenza, the Trionto river from which Sorical draws water resources for the purification plant is also in water shortage this year.
Production has fallen from over 100 litres to the second a 50 l/s. The wells have been activated Mucon to make up for the shortage and ensure resources for Acre, the Albanian countries, Bisignano, Rose And Luzzi. The aqueduct is declining Ferrera, Vurghe And Cuccari that feed the municipalities between Fuscaldo, Paola, San Lucidountil Amantea. Even the aqueduct Known which serves the municipalities south of the province of Cosenza and the historic centers of Lamezia, Nocera, Falerna And Gizzeria, marks a negative figure for the production of drinking water.
At the moment only the Alto aqueducts Tirreno Cosentino and the area of Pollino they resist the impact of great heat.
The measures that the technicians of Sorical suggest to municipal technicians, for the purposes of a uniform and fair distribution of the deficit also within the distribution networks:
• the planning of the probable systematic closure of the outlets from the tanks, probably at night, aimed at filling the tanks for subsequent daytime use;
• the preservation of the possibility of subdividing the distribution networks using hydraulic devices, also with the aim of limiting the frequent phenomenon of emptying of the portions of the network located at higher altitudes;
• guarantee adequate information to the populations involved, also aimed at containing consumption.
On this last point, Sorical has launched an awareness campaign aimed at correct use of the available water resources.
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