Either the Region intervenes immediately, or the reclamation consortia of Sardinia will be forced to close the taps. Consequence: dry fields and hydrogeological stability of the territory in danger.
All the fault of the cost of electricity bills, "tripled after the great drought of the summer season , which led to an increase in the demand for water".
The details of the affair, which risks having a devastating impact on the Sardinian countryside, will be illustrated during a press conference to be held tomorrow: the presidents of the seven consortia and representatives of trade organizations (Coldiretti, Confagricoltura and Cia) will participate.
Meanwhile, the statements of Gavino Zirattu, president of Anbi Sardegna, an association that brings together all the reclamation consortia of the island, are enough to worry companies and farmers .
"The Sardinian irrigation system has held up, but now urgent intervention by the Region is needed, to cope with the expensive energy that is literally devouring budgets", he explains, illustrating a picture defined by "red alert": "If politics it will not immediately run for cover we will be forced to stop the irrigation systems and the dewatering pumps, with serious consequences for the agricultural sector and for the hydraulic and hydrogeological safety of the territories ".
(Unioneonline / EF)
