Calabria Governor Roberto Occhiuto on
Friday issued a decree declaring a "state of regional emergency
of the civil protection" due to "the serious drinking water
shortage" in the province of Crotone and in the metropolitan
area of Reggio Calabria.
The permanent observatory on water uses in the hydrographic
district of the southern Apennines on Wednesday had declared a
"high" level of risk over the situation of drinking water in the
drought-hit area.
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