"The agreement with Trentino has been operational since yesterday for which these 5 million cubic meters of extra water arrive, which help to secure that part of the territory that fishes from Lake Idro which was sinking in a worrying way. until 10 July we go on, no more ": Lombard President Attilio Fontana said this, speaking of the drought emergency on the sidelines of the event 'The financial instruments of cohesion policy to strengthen economic and territorial recovery' at the Pirellone.
"We have done what we had to do with all the managers of the hydroelectric basins - he added - if it does not rain the situation is worrying".
In any case, "for civic use we have never declared that there are problems", but "we must use water with more logic and not waste it".
Because "if we go on like this then that could happen too - she concluded - but for now there are no problems for drinking water".
A report on the current situation in Lombardy will be sent today to the government, "because then probably on Monday the executive will take a decision on the state of emergency", explains Fontana, according to which in these choices "all needs must be taken into account, both those related to civil use and those related to
"Today we will send the report" on drought "to the government because then probably on Monday the executive will take a decision on the state of emergency".
However, in these choices "we need to take into account all the needs, both those related to civil use and those related to agriculture and livestock", announced Fontana adding that "we must use the water we have very much careful - concluded Fontana - to avoid problems for one of the sectors ".
Kompatscher 'We need to create new basins and limit waste
"We collaborated with responsibility and solidarity and we did it spontaneously, because we believe that our autonomy must be based on responsibility and solidarity, and we will continue to do so within the limits of our availability", said Governor Arno Kompatscher on the subject of drought. and on the outflows into the Adige.
We produced energy on weekends to ensure a constant flow of water on the Adige, even if this penalized us from an economic point of view, because the prices for energy at the weekend are lower.
We have worked a lot in recent years, we have improved the forms of irrigation for agriculture, we have created reservoirs and we will have to build others as well.
And we did this using European Union funds ", he continued.
Vectored, we are on early warning
"Friuli and Veneto are in a serious situation, we are in early warning": the commissioner for energy and environment Giuliano Vettorato said about the drought in a press conference in Bolzano in the presence of the governor Arno Kompatscher.
"From January to May, rainfall was below average, while in June, thanks to thunderstorms, we reached an average value. In South Tyrol the drought area has always been Val Venosta, which has less rainfall than the rest of "South Tyrol. Many investments have already been made, others remain to be done", said Vettorato.
"The very high temperatures and the absence of snow in winter have meant that now our natural container is small and that water comes to us from the melting of glaciers",
concluded Vettorato embittered.
The Director of the competent provincial office, Flavio Ruffini, explained that along the Adige there are three water level measurement stations: in Bronzolo, in San Lorenzo near Trento and the last one near the delta of the Adige to Boara Pisani in Veneto.
Currently an attempt is being made to maintain an outflow into the Adige of 80 m3 / sec.
in Boara Pisani, to ensure that the sea does not go up along the Adige to the detriment of agriculture.
In San Lorenzo we try not to go below a flow of 140 m3 / sec, to allow the Veneto region to draw enough water for crops.
"So far, producing energy even on weekends, we have never gone below these levels. The collaboration is good and we take stock of the situation every two weeks.
Anbi, agriculture at risk in Lombardy
"The rains of the past few hours must not be misleading: useful for restoring the area, they allow only a few days of respite to the great drought, which is affecting large areas of the country. Agricultural production in Lombardy, a leading region, is also at risk. by economic value of the primary sector ".
This was stated by Francesco Vincenzi, president of Anbi, the national association of consortia for the management and protection of the territory which will meet in an assembly in Rome on the next 5 and 6 July.
"Not only that - adds Sandro Folli, president of Anbi Lombardia - without irrigation in the countryside, the environmental balance of the entire plain would be compromised, including recharging the underground aquifers. The priority is to save the first harvest and, while maintaining strict choices of irrigation rationing,
However, the association cites some virtuous examples from the territories.
Like the
Ferrara Plain Reclamation Consortium
, which is "recycling water" thanks to the work of ten temporary pumps which, associated with the shutdown of some plants, reintroduce water resources into the network of canals, otherwise destined to disperse into the sea.
Anbi, on the other hand, interprets the request of the territory to the Calabria Region to unblock the authorization for the use of water, for irrigation and hydroelectric purposes, from the Metramo dam to the Tirreno Reggino reclamation consortium, "which has been awaiting a response since 2015".
Tonina, soon sharing on water for Lake Idro
"We have sent a letter to the Ministry of Ecological Transition, the Lombardy Region, Terna and Hydro Dolomiti for the release of five million cubic meters of water from the reservoirs of Malga Bissina and Malga Boazzo in Lake Idro. With the green light from part of Terna everything becomes easier: we expect to find sharing within the next week ".
The vice president of the Autonomous Province of Trento, Mario Tonina, told ANSA.
"If we had released the water in May, as requested by some territories, we would now have found ourselves in an even more serious situation. Instead, thanks to the existing reserves, we can express our solidarity with the other Regions. I remember that we have already released over 30 million cubic meters of water in favor of the Veneto ", added Tonina,
which also asked the Government for investments also in the plains for storage basins and systems for reducing water dispersion in agriculture.
The services conference for the release of water in the Chiese river is scheduled for next 5th July.
