Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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Water, Committee Against Province

Source: Trentino of February 8, 2011
TRENTO. a wholly-owned public water management in Trentino, born from the rib of Dolomiti Energia which currently has 200 000 users in the hand of the 17 municipalities of the valley. And 'the direction taken from Piazza Dante to prevent provincialization imposed by the Decree Ronchi. A road, however, the Committee of secretaries contests: "The time of the Spa is over."

Perhaps someone might get confused. Both the province, claiming the prerogatives autonomist, the Committee for the referendum, with its one million and 400 thousand signatures collected, advocating the liberalization of the water. That are on the same side of the fence.
But the referendum rejects the idea of \u200b\u200ba public company, established by Article 22 of the financial province. The Accused, in particular, the passage where it states that in Trentino Spa in the private joint venture with at least il 40% del capitale sociale. Una decisione che - secondo i referendari - «non tiene conto delle sensibilità espresse da gran parte dei cittadini».
Il perché lo spiega Francesca Caprini, referente provinciale del comitato: «Stiamo portando avanti da anni una lotta in difesa dell’acqua pubblica che è anche e soprattutto una grande battaglia culturale in difesa dei beni comuni. Una forma di resistenza e di proposta dal basso».
Una questione politico-filosofica, ma anche economica. «Dati alla mano - continua Caprini - sappiamo bene che 15 anni di privatizzazioni idriche hanno fatto aumentare le bollette e diminuire gli investimenti, in tutta Italia e anche sul territorio trentino. Lo said on Friday in Trento, Alberto Lucarelli, one of the drafters of the referendum questions: Spa Time is over. With total public capital, they always aim to profit. And the water can no longer be regarded as a commodity. "
Goats For companies in-house are not the panacea, indeed. "The local authority arises in fact in a terrible conflict of interest because a party must provide a public service and protect the citizens, while the other has a much higher dividends as speculation on that water service is strong and salty bills. With this referendum will bring down the entire castello di interessi costruiti intorno all’acqua».


«Ma l’autonomia ci dà gli strumenti»


TRENTO. Michele Nardelli (Pd) è il primo firmatario dell’ordine del giorno per la creazione di una società di gestione del servizio idrico “interamente controllata dagli enti pubblici che attualmente partecipano a Dolomiti Energia”.
- Nardelli, il Trentino ha competenza primaria sull’acqua e punta a una gestione completamente pubblica. In che modo?
Quando, nel dicembre 2009, venne votato il decreto Ronchi, presentammo una mozione in consiglio provinciale in which it was said that water is a common good is not amenable to the logic of the market. This document has been transformed into an agenda taken during the debate on the 2010 budget.
- What is the situation now?
We have 193 municipalities which have a direct management in the economy or companies in-house, that is totally controlled by them. Another 17 have entrusted the management to Dolomiti Energia and there are 7 other local operators, which are companies or property of municipalities, consortia of municipalities or special agencies. Dolomiti Energia is a mainly public: Trento, Rovereto and Tecnofin were 47.8%, Trento alone was 5.8, Rovereto the 4.3, 2.8% other municipalities, the Bim 2%.
- What was the impetus that moved to intervene?
We made this argument: without prejudice to the road of the referendum for the abolition of the Ronchi Decree, autonomist same time we can use the rights provided for in Articles 8 and 9 of the Statute which rely on two provinces, "the direct taking of public services and their management by means of special. " From here we took two steps: the first was to have proposed in the Finance Act, Article 22, the power by the municipalities under direct management or in-house continue; Moreover, since the expiry of the management took place on 31/12/2010, we have extended the terms of one year, so that the municipalities that are within Dolomiti Energia or decide to stay or to take action through a different company.
- As you give life to this public company?
This is possible because there is, in the articles of Dolomiti Energia, a spin-off clause which can be activated no later than March 31, 2011. All the know-how of the branch water flowing into this new society. We also approved an order of the day on which the council is committed to supporting the formation of a fully public entity to manage water.
- The municipalities do not just have to choose then ...
There are two other small details. First, Dolomiti Energia has entered at the time, Trentino Services, which owned the plant. It is therefore necessary to repossess the aqueduct. Second, the numbers should not deceive: the 17 municipalities that outsource the management Enmergia Dolomites are nearly 200 users, because they are the most important ones. It 'obvious that these individuals are more throat users: those on the valley floor.
- Federalism may be the key to protecting water in Italy?
I think a true federalism might be. Unfortunately, what we are served up not. The guarantees enjoyed by the Trent would be those of all.
- A million and 400 thousand signatures collected. Yet the water has little hold on the media. There is a risk that the Italians in June to go to sea rather than to vote?
the collection of signatures I have seen a very strong participation, this is a signal. And then the water is an issue that touches the deepest chords of the citizen: we are made of water, water is life and has a great symbolic value. (Lm)

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