Drought Italy, the business of water between losses and waste

The photography of Istat That of water is a huge business, which starts from the public network and passes through the assignments in concession to subjects, public, private and mixed. Among the companies that manage the service, five large multi-utilities: Acea, Hera, Iren, A2a and Veolia. When extreme climatic phenomena such as the ones we are experiencing lead to drought, the same problems that afflict water management re-emerge: waste and, above all, losses. the occasion of World Water Day, March 22, 2022. In 2020, 41 cubic meters per day per km of network were lost in the provincial capitals / metropolitan cities, 36.2% of the water introduced into the network (37.3 % in 2018). 236 liters per inhabitant are supplied every day in the distribution networks of the provincial capitals / metropolitan cities. In 11 provincial capitals / metropolitan cities, all in the South, rationing measures have been adopted in the distribution of water. In 2021, 86.0% of families declared themselves satisfied with the water service while 65.9% of people aged 14 and over are careful not to waste water.