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, a lot of whom have storage tanks on their roofs or underground to face durations of shortage, however these are proving inadequate as droughts change into longer and extra extreme.
“LIKE BEING BLACKMAILED”
Companies requiring a continuing provide of consuming water, reminiscent of eating places, are exasperated as demand outstrips provide and costs soar.
“Many tanker homeowners know we’re in bother and are profiting from the state of affairs, it is like being blackmailed,” mentioned Michele Tornatore, who owns a restaurant referred to as ‘Sale e Pepe’ (salt and pepper) in Caltanissetta.
“If the tankers can get water, then why is there no water?” he mentioned.
Formally, water is taken into account a public good and can’t be bought by people, who can have non-public wells strictly for private use.
Solely authorised non-public tankers can distribute water they’ve drawn from public sources, charging a transportation price. To take action, they need to themselves pay a tariff to the native official water firm.