Results, best practices, and critical issues of the government Commissioners for water infrastructure, resources and services

Activities related to the upgrading and completion of water infrastructures, as well as to the proper sustainable management of water resources and services are increasingly urgent in connection with the implementation of European directives and regulations, as well as with the emergencies often induced by climate change. In the field of urban wastewater collection and treatment, Italy is currently facing the challenge of having to get out of infringement procedures and at the same time be ready to implement new directives to avoid future infringements. The fight against drought and water scarcity, also caused by extreme events, today must necessarily pass through a careful and pragmatic coordination of actions.  Some large dams that have been planned for a long time are still unfinished works or at least not in full operation, despite their strategic function of multi-year water resource storage. The special government commissioners are responsible for the acceleration of these activities and will present success stories, still open criticalities and future challenges.

Session Chairs

Alessandro Bratti, Technical Scientific Committee of Ecomondo and Po River District Basin Authority
Francesco Fatone, Technical Scientific Committee of Ecomondo and Università Politecnica delle Marche
Tania Tellini, Comitato Tecnico-Scientifico Ecomondo ed UTILITALIA
Attilio Toscano, Technical Scientific Committee of Ecomondo and Università di Bologna

Programme

14.00 Introduction by the Chairs

14.15-15.30 Fabio Fatuzzo – The structure and the activities of the Extraordinary Commissioner for wastewater treatment

Sub-commissioners Toto Cordaro and Antonino Daffinà

Interventions of the Technical Staff of the Extraordinary Commissioner for purification, technical focus on major interventions
Intervention 1: Focus on Eastern Sicily - Giovanni Saitta, Giacomo Antronaco, Claudio Milazzo
Intervention 2: Focus on Western Sicily - coordinated by Toto Cordaro
Intervention 3: Focus on Calabria - coordinated by Antonino Daffinà
Intervention 4: Focus on Campania - coordinated by Vincenzo Belgiorno

15.30-16.00 Nicola Dell' Acqua - The structure and activities of the Drought Commissioner: general framework

Interventions by the technical staff of the Drought Commissioner

16.00-16.45 The structure and the activities of the Commissioners for Dams

Attilio Toscano, Campolattaro Dam (Campania)
Angelica Catalano, Sardinian Regional Dams
Antonio Martini, Pietrarossa Dam (Sicily) 

16.45-17.00 Guido Castelli - The structure and activities of the Extraordinary Commissioner for Repair and Reconstruction of the 2016 earthquake

17.00-17.30 Strategic water infrastructures: state of the art financing provided by MIT for the development of technical and economic feasibility projects
Alessia Bondioli, Po River District Basin Authority