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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  • @[email protected]
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    51 month 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
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      11 month ago

      deleted by creator

      • @[email protected]
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        11 month ago

        I too can infer what they meant from context.

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

        • @jwt
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          11 month 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.