Italy: Water crisis in Sicily, regional plan to restart desalination plants underway

Immediately install four or five mobile desalination plants in the areas that will be indicated by the technicians of the Sicilian Region and at the same time start the process for the revamping of the three existing desalination plants that can be completed within nine months. These are the fixed points of the national commissioner for the water crisis Nicola Dell’Acqua who arrived yesterday afternoon in Palermo to meet the president of the Sicilian Region Renato Schifani. «I explained to the commissioner Dell’Acqua the importance of reactivating as soon as possible the three desalination plants that have been decommissioned for over ten years - says the Sicilian governor -. For our part, we assure, in the spirit of loyal institutional collaboration, the maximum availability to offer the logistical support and human resources that may be necessary. The Region, which has already started short-term interventions to mitigate the effects of the exceptional water crisis that has hit ...