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INTEGRATED WATER SERVICE: MANAGERS OF THE SOUTHERN ITALY COMPARED ON PNRR, TRAINING AND INNOVATION
Sharing skills and experiences to face and overcome the new challenges that await the sector.
This was the aim of the Panel discussion, promoted by Gori, which took place this afternoon in Ercolano. The managers of the integrated water service operating in Southern Italy met again at Villa Campolieto, almost a year after the last meeting held on the occasion of the Servizi a Rete Tour.
At the center of the discussion: the PNRR as a development opportunity. Present were the managers ABC Napoli, Acquedotto Lucano, ASIS, Ausino, Consac, Gori, Gesesa, Sistemi Salerno and Sorical.
The confrontation took place on the sidelines of a high level training event dedicated to advanced and sustainable techniques for improving the performance of water systems, which saw among the speakers many illustrious university professors from universities spread across the entire national territory. Among the institutions that took turns during the work were the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, the Campania Region and the Campania Water Authority, in order to outline a common direction in light of the new scenarios that have opened up thanks to the opportunities offered by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
“Today we address the topic of the integrated water service: a very topical element, which is linked to climate change, the containment of management costs and the emergencies that we are preparing to face. Opportunities like this are fundamental because discussing innovation and modern technologies also means managing services efficiently and in the interests of citizens” he declared the Vice President of the Campania Region, Fulvio Bonavitacola, who supervised the opening of the works.
“The objective of this day is to strengthen collaboration between managers operating in the area and seal the synergy with the academic world, which always provides us with timely and innovative ideas and solutions. If we are able to implement increasingly effective measures it is thanks to collaboration with universities, which support us in approaching the latest technologies. Among the opportunities to be implemented, a degree course dedicated precisely to the integrated water service and the creation of a Campania training center specialized in the sector” underlines the President of Gori, Sabino De Blasi.
“Gori, as industrial manager of the water service, managed to intercept almost all the opportunities offered by the PNRR, winning around 100 million euros for rehabilitation and digitalisation works of the water network, which are at an advanced stage and affect the entire territory served. We have also been awarded important funds to be allocated to purification, to strengthen the current sludge management systems with a view to a circular economy, through the creation of more innovative and efficient structures” the words of Gori’s CEO, Vittorio Cuciniello.
“We have highlighted the great work carried out by the Ente Idrico Campano to intercept funding of extraordinary importance with the Pnrr, which includes 130 million for the digitalization, districting and redevelopment of water networks and 59 million to make wastewater purification more effective and, where possible, transform purification plants into green factories to allow the reuse of purified water for irrigation and industrial purposes. An intense and incessant activity to carry out an unprecedented environmental remediation work and give impetus to the development of our territories” concludes the President of the Campania Water Authority, Luca Mascolo.
Herculaneum, 06.28.2024
