In drought-hit Sicily, rainwater is dumped in the sea
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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.The Trinita dam, built in 1959 in the town of Castelvetrano in the west of the Mediterranean island, has not been tested and therefor...

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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  • jwt
    4·
    3 months ago

    But the infrastructure not only never got the green light, it was also subsequently neglected.

    How can planned infrastructure that never got to exist, be neglected?

    • Glytch@lemmy.world
      61·
      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.

        • Glytch@lemmy.world
          1·
          3 months ago

          I too can infer what they meant from context.

          Can you though? You misunderstood what I said when I said it directly.

          • jwt
            1·
            3 months ago

            That’s why I deleted the message a minute after I posted it ;). The ambiguous use of ‘it’ in one sentence is still sloppy writing though.