Drought: 20% of Sicilian reservoirs dried up

(ANSA) – PALERMO, JULY 25 – Of the 701 million cubic meters of licensed capability in Sicilian reservoirs, in response to the newest survey carried out on July 8 by the regional division of the basin authority, there are presently 252 million cubic meters of water (only a week earlier 260 million), which drops to 115 underneath the heading “internet revenue quantity for customers” (120 million in the beginning of July). That is the “{photograph}” of the water emergency in Sicily. A really crucial state of affairs, contemplating that in July 2023 the amount of the reservoirs was double the cubic meters of water (528 million) than it’s now. 20% of Sicilian lakes and basins are emptying, thirty in whole. In lots of instances the counter of usable cubic meters is caught at zero – they’re considerably dried up – as for the Disueri reservoirs (licensed quantity 246,331 cubic meters, 112 thousand the amount), Cimia (licensed quantity 3 million cubic meters, 777 thousand the amount), Ogliastro (licensed quantity 100 million cubic meters, 22 million the amount), Piano del Leone (licensed quantity over 4 million cubic meters, zero the amount) and Zafferana (licensed quantity 366 thousand cubic meters, 16,659 thousand the amount). (ANSA).