The water crisis that continues to keep Agrigento in the grip of thirst will take center stage at Palazzo d’Orléans. In fact, the serious shortage of water in the territory of the Municipalities of the Free Consortium of Agrigento will be at the center of the meeting of the Control Room for the water emergency urgently convened for tomorrow, Thursday 20 June at 3pm, at Palazzo d’Orléans by the president of Renato Schifani Region.
In particular, the structure will be called upon to examine the current situation in the Agrigento area, evaluate the actions carried out so far and plan further interventions to mitigate the emergency in one of the Sicilian territories most affected by drought. Of the first 20 million euros already allocated by the national government, the Region has allocated around 6 million to Agrigento for wells and pipelines.
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The meeting will be chaired by President Schifani as commissioner for the water emergency. Also present will be the councilor for Energy and public utility services, Roberto Di Mauro from Agrigento, and the head of the Sicilian Civil Protection Salvatore Cocina who is entrusted with coordinating the interventions of the control room. Invited were the prefect Filippo Romano and the mayor of Agrigento Francesco Miccichè, the representatives of the ATI of Agrigento, of Siciliacque, of the Aica and of the Western Sicily Reclamation Consortium, the general secretary of the Basin Authority and the general manager of regional department of agriculture.
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