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World water day: 5 billion cubic meters are missing in Italy – breaking latest news

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The waste of drinking water continues in Italy (Ansa)

Rome, March 22, 2021 – E. Sos acqua in Italy, with the national water network reduced to a sieve and the difficulty of retaining rainwater (figure still at 11%). An emergency that stands out even more today, which is the World Water Day. According to theAnbi (National association of management and protection consortia of the territory and irrigation water) today 5 billion cubic meters of water are missing compared to 50 years ago, when in 1971 the National Water Conference had indicated at least 17 billion cubic meters the need for reservoir to meet the needs of the country in 1980. Currently the capacity is 13.7 billion cubic meters according to data from the Italian Large Dams Committee, but the authorization for the use of 11.9 billion.
The cry of alarm is also very present a Pope francesco, who at the Angelus reminded us to “reflect on the value of the wonderful and irreplaceable gift of God”, underlining that “too many, many, many, brothers and sisters have access to little and perhaps polluted water” and that “it is necessary to ensure everyone drinking water and sanitation “. The climate crisis is added to the lack of water, with increasingly “tropical” rains, repeated flood phenomena and seasons of drought.




The emergency in Italy

For its part Confagricoltura he affirms that “we must urgently get our hands on the entire national water network, given that after thirty years of neglect it is in poor condition”. In particular, he stresses that the priorities are those of “build new reservoirs, renew the irrigation systems, heal the network ofdrinking water losing 42% between the one entered and the one supplied “. Per Coldiretti the main theme is the Drought, which represents the most significant adverse climatic event for Italian agriculture with damages estimated on average at one billion euros per year, especially for the quantity and quality of the crops “. The fact is that” despite climate change the Italy remains a rainy country with around 300 billion cubic meters of water falling annually, but only 11% of it is retained due to lack of infrastructure “.

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The emergency in the world

Circa 2.2 billion of people in the world do not have access todrinking water and to do so, Action Against Hunger, an NGO that deals with the fight against child malnutrition, has brought for sale on the counters of some supermarkets plastic bottles full of yellow, muddy and infected water that 319 million Africans have to drink, without access to ‘drinking water. “Water of Africa” ​​is the label on the bottles, and hidden cameras caught customer reactions.




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