Water in Italian dams blocked by bureaucracy - Infrastructures & Cities. Data emerges from the White Book 2024 Value of Water for Italy by The European House - Ambrosetti.
Lombardy (77), Sardinia (59) and Sicily (46) have the largest number of large dams, with a capacity of 4, 2.5 and 1.1 billion cubic meters. There are 26,288 small reservoirs in Italy with Tuscany hosting 62%. The oldest dams are in Liguria (92 years old), Valled'Aosta (84) and Piedmont (82)