In the remainder of Caltanissetta the authorities guarantee common water provides for only a few hours per week or each two weeks, relying on the neighbourhood.
Persistent water shortages are nothing new to Sicilians, lots of whom have storage tanks on their roofs or underground to face durations of shortage, however these are proving inadequate as droughts turn into longer and extra extreme.
“LIKE BEING BLACKMAILED”
Companies requiring a relentless provide of consuming water, corresponding to eating places, are exasperated as demand outstrips provide and costs soar.
“Many tanker homeowners know we’re in bother and are profiting from the scenario, it is like being blackmailed,” stated Michele Tornatore, who owns a restaurant known as ‘Sale e Pepe’ (salt and pepper) in Caltanissetta.
“If the tankers can get water, then why is there no water?” he stated.
Formally, water is taken into account a public good and can’t be bought by people, who can have personal wells strictly for private use.
Solely authorised personal tankers can distribute water they’ve drawn from public sources, charging a transportation charge. To take action, they need to themselves pay a tariff to the native official water firm.
