«I expected to see a puddle, I found a half-full lake». Gianfranco Dalu, born in 1957, has always been the "lord of the water" for everyone here. The man who has always been in the trenches, from Govossai to Abbanoa, with the process of water governance, marked by top roles in any role entrusted to him, from the direct management of the safety of the reservoir system of the Govossai Consortium, up to the role of top in the government of water purification plants and purifiers on the island. Gruff, frank, introverted with his enemies, affable with those who respect him.

Engineer, he retired for a few years. But he talks about the Maccheronis reservoir, the one that should serve the thirsty Barony, where the orchards are dying. He is convinced of this: «I don't want to create alarmism, but it seems to me that the emergency was created on purpose: they say that there are five million cubic meters in storage here, in my opinion there are at least triple that. The countryside can be saved."

The details in Mauro Pili's investigation on L'Unione Sarda on newsstands and in the digital edition

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