By Giorgos Lampiris One market that is directly affected by the inflationary spike of 2022 is that of bottled water in Greece. The product, which maintains a wide presence in the Greek market both in supermarkets and in the HoReCA market (catering, hotels), moved downwards in sales volume in the first five months, as shown […]
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Iran: Demonstrations over the lack of drinking water in the western part of the country
Hundreds of Iranians demonstrated on Tuesday and Wednesday in the western part of the country to protest the lack of drinking water and the failure of officials to solve the problem, Iranian state media reported today. In recent months, thousands of people have demonstrated against water shortages, mainly in central and southwestern Iran, an arid […]
Kenya, the story of mother Josephine: “The drought is killing my children”
Bent from hunger and now also from thirst. Throughout the Horn of Africa – Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia), 20 million people could face high levels of acute food insecurity by September, due to an exceptionally persistent drought. Water shortages have a heavy impact on the livelihoods of farmers and shepherds: this situation which has led […]
Drought, a state of emergency for five regions
To deal with the drought emergency, the Council of Ministers approved a state of emergency for five Italian regions: Emilia Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Veneto and Piedmont. The decree provides for the allocation of 36,500,000 eurosto be divided, according to ministerial sources, as follows: 10.9 million for Emilia Romagna, 4.2 million for Friuli Venezia […]
Italy: Verona restricts drinking water use to cope with drought
Verona, a city of 250,000 inhabitants in northeastern Italy, decided today to limit the use of drinking water in order to deal with the drought that is affecting the peninsula. “Due to the meteorological situation and its consequences on the water supply, the mayor has signed an ordinance restricting the use of drinking water to […]
No second wash at the hairdresser and the other rules to save water
To read it superficially, the news can make you smile: the mayor of Castenaso, in the province of Bologna, prohibits the second washing of hair to hairdressers and barbers. Perhaps it is the most original, but not the only and not the least useful, to save water in this summer of drought. “A tap left […]
Drought alarm, rationing and advice to avoid wasting water
The drought warning is not new news, but it is now emergency. After a mild winter with little rainfall, heat waves are following one another that are keeping temperatures above average for long days. Most of the Regions are decreeing state of emergency and calamitybut indications could arrive at the regional level that have already […]
Italy: Meeting of the ministries responsible for tackling water scarcity
The five relevant ministries of the Draghi government will hold a meeting tonight to address the water shortage that is causing serious problems in much of the country. Regarding Italy’s largest river, Pados, today, it was decided to reduce the use of its water resources to irrigate northern Italy. It is a first “mild” restriction, […]
Drought, the Po with less and less water and possible rationing
“Is this the Adige?” “No, it’s the Po.” “So small?”. The dialogue is real, done by car passing over the Brenner motorway bridge between Emilia-Romagna and Veneto. The answer to the last question is yes. The Bit, the great river appears small as it has rarely been seen in the past seventy years. At Ponte […]
‘War weapon’ water in Ukraine
By Chloe Sorvino In the first stage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russians destroyed a concrete dam in the south of the country. The dam was built by the Ukrainians in 2014, after the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia, in order to prevent the peninsula from being supplied with water from the […]