Sicilian lemon producer Rosario Cognata is furious: his fruit is withering due to the drought, while just a few kilometers away rainwater is being dumped into the sea.
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Italy | In drought-hit Sicily, rainwater is dumped in the sea
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jwt@programming.dev 3 months ago
How can planned infrastructure that never got to exist, be neglected?
Glytch@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It does exist, it never got used
As stated in the article, the dam they’re referring to was built in 1959, but the infrastructure to supply farmers with irrigation was never tested or approved for use, despite being installed. So the unused infrastructure is deteriorating.
jwt@programming.dev 3 months ago