We are still hoping for rain but the weather forecast does not confirm that it will arrive shortly. The drought is bringing the regions of northern Italy to their knees and several administrators have already taken measures to limit water consumption. At the national level, the Conference of the Regions met the head of civil protection, Fabrizio Curcio, to define the operational details of the state of emergency that will arrive.
"We are thinking about the technical parameters to meet the requests - explained Curcio - let's remember that the state of emergency serves to do things. We are working to define what are the activities that follow the state of emergency, which is not a idea, but it consists of a series of actions that must be done. We are working on it ". A very serious situation, also confirmed Attilio Fontana, president of Lombardy.
In general, the request is to work on two fronts: on the one hand, guaranteeing irrigation and drinking water, that is the water that arrives from the taps in the houses, on the other hand, to put in place a series of structural initiatives, requested in particular by the president of the Conference of Regions Massimiliano Fedriga, in order not to spend every summer of the coming years in an emergency, considering that climate change suggests that 2022 is not an exceptional summer, but that it becomes more or less the rule .
Some areas of Piedmont, Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna are observed special and many municipalities have issued ordinances prohibiting the use of water for non-essential purposes. The Municipality of Cuneo, as a precaution, has decided to close the public fountains, while the fountains of the green areas will remain in operation.
(Unioneonline / ss)