June 19, 2024, 6:11 pm
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PALERMO – The water crisis 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 called for tomorrow at 3pm, at Palazzo d’Orléans by the President of the Region Renato Schifani.
Agrigento, control room on drought
In particular, the structure will be asked 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 from the national government, the Region has allocated around 6 million to Agrigento for wells and pipelines.
The meeting will be chaired by president Schifani, in the capacity of commissioner for the water emergency. The councilor for Energy and public utilities Roberto Di Mauro and the head of the Sicilian Civil Protection will also be present Salvatore Cocina who is entrusted with the coordination of the interventions of the control room.
The prefect and the mayor of Agrigento, the representatives of the ATI of Agrigento, of Siciliacque, of the Agrigento municipal water company and of the Western Sicily Reclamation Consortium, the general secretary of the Basin Authority and the general manager of the regional Department of Agriculture.
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June 19, 2024, 6:11 pm
