“Let the Porto Empedocle watermaker”
A meeting in order to find out what the Regional Government is preparing to do and give answers to the people and “prevent there being an escalation of tension”. The Social cartel, made up of Don Mario Sorce, Alfonso Buscemi, Paolo Ottaviano and Gero Acquisto, asks the president of the Sicilian Region. “The city of Agrigento – we read in the letter – as well as the province and many areas of our island, currently suffers from an insufficiency of water supply which creates considerable inconvenience for the population, damage to crops, a situation which risks undermining civil coexistence and public order. Meanwhile, discontent and anger are expressed by people who feel cheated and who are tired of ephemeral promises, as was seen in the popular demonstration which brought over 2,000 people to the streets.
To make the matter more serious, if it were possible, comes the warning of “containment measures” by Siciliacque, the management body of the water overflow, which orders Aica to proceed immediately to pay off a debt of 18 million euros, requeststa which would put the consortium company that manages the integrated water service in the province of Agrigento in serious difficulty. A context that raises doubts and serious concerns regarding the consequences of a reduction in supplies and Aica’s difficulties in meeting its financial commitments towards Sicily’s waters.” The social cartel calls for intervention from the Civil protection so that the Porto Empedocle watermaker “in order to face the current emergency also in view of the next summer months which the population looks forward to with many fears”. The idea of putting the Porto Empedocle plant back into operation is fully supported by mayor of Agrigento and the entire community but the problem remains that of the time required to put it back into operation and this is why the Civil Protection is invoked, which can act very quickly. Meanwhile, al Pirandello village in Agrigento the water has not been supplied for two weeks.
