"Problems related to water
resource scarcity and intense weather events caused by climate
change have no borders. Solutions are difficult, so we must join
forces and share strategies to create good practices in our
respective territories." Friuli Venezia Giulia's Councillor for
Environmental Defense, Fabio Scoccimarro, said this during the
first conference on climate change and water supply on the
territory of the Istrian Peninsula, which is underway in Pula.
The Croatian Association of Engineers, the Slovenian
Association of Engineers, and the Istria Region Association
organized the event. "There are already projects," Scoccimarro
continued, "that we are pursuing together precisely to tackle
the issue of limiting the waste of water resources through more
efficient management of aqueduct networks in transnational
connections.
For example, excellent relations exist between Fvg and Slovenia
regarding the interconnection of aqueducts between Santa Barbara
and Elerji. We also collaborate through the NadriWater project
to manage the network between the Trieste and Koper aqueducts.
"In Fvg," the councilor pointed out, addressing
administrators and experts from Slovenia and Croatia, "we are
grappling with the problem of groundwater at minimum levels. We
have issued an ordinance by which we finance, with 100 percent
grants, the installation of flow reducers in domestic artesian
wells and municipal fountains."
Scoccimarro then relaunched the Summit of Sustainable
Development of the Upper Adriatic and Central Europe.
"It is in this spirit," he concluded, "that next Wednesday
and Thursday in Trieste, also with the Istrian Region, we will
meet to address issues concerning air quality. We pledge to
organize a summit dedicated to water resource issues in the
coming years."
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