It is well known that the Agrigento area is a land of paradoxes. Even water for example. In fact, it happens that Cammarata has water every day, while the neighboring town, San Giovanni Gemini, is forced to wait and endure burdensome supply shifts. The first manages its water resources independently and does not give its water to its neighbors.
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The paradox is highlighted by engineer Giuseppe Riccobene, who has worked on water issues on several occasions, including with the prefectural management of the emergency. According to reports Ansa.itthe engineer distinguishes between the drinking water system (domestic uses of water) and that of agriculture and animal husbandry, a much more difficult problem to solve.
Riccobene is convinced that the water in the taps of the houses could arrive regularly, rather than with shifts lasting more than a week as has happened for 50 years in Agrigento. Although the law allows for autonomous water management, “the system should be subjected to serious controls, but this does not happen. The excess water, which mainly flows from springs, is very often not captured and used and ends up in rivers Autonomous management can exist, but only under certain conditions. And it is precisely these that are not examined.” As for the sieve networks, the latest data on water dispersion regarding Agrigento stands at 58%. “Dispersion – explains Riccobene – is measured by calculating the difference between the water that enters the network and that which is invoiced. 58% includes losses but also possible thefts”.
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