The decision is made by the basin authority. Fewer and fewer reserves in Maccheronis so from tomorrow there will be new heavy restrictions, with water that will only be channeled towards the purification plants of Abbanoa.

A provision that has triggered alarm and protests, because entire hamlets and around fifty large tourist facilities, supplied by the central Sardinia reclamation consortium, would be cut off. And the reactions were immediate.

The president of the central Sardinia reclamation consortium, Ambrogio Guiso, does not seem willing to obey the order: «I don't feel like cutting off water to all those people. And then to do it technically it would take a long time."

The tourist entrepreneur Giovanni Sanna, from Budoni, says he is amazed: «Overnight they tell us to send 5 thousand customers and a thousand employees home. We need serious solutions."

A summit will be held in Cagliari on Tuesday, convened by the President of the Region Alessandra Todde. But the mayor of Budoni Antonio Addis does not appear willing to go: «Meetings on territorial emergencies must be held in the territories. I hope for a change of location."

Meanwhile, the latest rains have not brought benefits to the reservoir which has fallen below 8 million cubic metres. Now it's a real emergency.

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