ATO Como.
Dopo innumerevoli peripezie legislative che iniziano con la legge Galli del 1994 siamo giunti infine anche alle nostre latitudini all’epilogo di quella che non faticherei a definire l’epopea della creazione del Servizio Idrico Integrato nell’ATO (Ambito Territoriale Ottimale) di Como. Tra accelerazioni della Regione Lombardia e frenate del Parlamento italiano, in mezzo a opinions, appeals, complaints and judgments, collected signatures, Referendum and Popular Initiative seems to have finally come when they will decide what form to give the "monolith" ATO while drawing the future of Blue Gold Como.
I will not bore anyone reviewing the regulatory steps that led to the current situation, those who want to get an idea can be found on the net very comprehensive information about it, but I think it should be revealing, in the eyes of those who are going to risk this yet another theft, the mysterious being who should manage a common good so necessary and essential to life itself.
pernicious minds who have traced the path of this road to the privatization of water, I will forgive those who still believe that share ownership of networks by managing fluid minimum safeguards against the danger of serving private interests, work long, not only in Italy, to achieve a purpose which is to transform a right of life like water into a commodity. France is a pioneer in this field will be typical for the nationalistic pride of the brothers from across the Alps, which always come first and better, it will be for the high concentration of French multinationals with interests in water, the fact is that the Parisians still licking the wounds inflicted by the unpleasant consequences of privatization.
In any case, the fixed point on which you can not argue is that to manage water distribution in the Rue de Paris we thought, until now, Suez and Veolia, two of the top ten groups in the world who benefit dall'H2O, but from 1 January 2010 the Paris Blue Gold will be back in public hands groped to completely repair the damage with a price management inherited from the two corporations at home.
In the land of revolutions, Vive la France, after years of co-management systems and public or private have decided to analyze through comparative studies of the cost of services for users and have found that "private" is not always synonymous with "beautiful" and even an efficient / economical.
To tell the truth in our beautiful country, in Arezzo, where the top of the class are parties to "spronbattuto" to privatize the Integrated Water, Suez entrusting the task to open and close the shutters, the people have seen quickly double and triple bills without receiving any tangible nor measurable service improvement. The example of Tuscany, in the course of nine years of privatization, has experienced the same failure in Paris with low investment rates and the salty goodness of the paradigm would say a lot about Lombard that if you can not privatize water - Santa polenta - at least you privatize taps.
Where did they will come "business desires" in the Lombardy Region intoxicate the minds and hearts of our representatives? Perhaps the Pirellone believe they are smarter or more talented than others? For sure they are prepared at least according to curricula of some characters that drive the campaign with an iron fist ... An example of water privatization on all us know by Raffaele Tiscar that is now Director General of the Directorate of Public Services Network and the Region of Lombardy . This illustrious unknown in the past has held senior manager and as a public / private management consultant and as the CTS, the usual Ondeo-Suez, di RWE Thames Water etc.
Come dire, …siamo in buone mani, affidati a gente che di acqua se ne intende, forse troppo…
Sarà bene ricordare allora, senza voler alludere specificamente a persone o fatti citati in precedenza che oggi l’Italia oltre ad essere il paese con il Capò dell’esecutivo più sexy del mondo, è anche ben piazzata in 1° posizione nella speciale classifica che misura la corruzione e il malgoverno tra i paesi della cara vecchia Europa.
In quest’humus politico-amministrativo-affaristico, dagli effluvi non proprio gradevoli, gli ATO sono diventati spesso un’occasione per organizzare truffe, appalti truccati, e si sono rivelati un porto sicuro dove parcheggiare amici e parenti lautamente stipendiati dalla collettività ignara.
Gli esempi nazionali ormai non si contano più:
si comincia dall’Abruzzo dove l’Ente d’Ambito di Pescara - Chieti e l’Aca spa (gestore unico) hanno provveduto all’aggiudicazione di un appalto e alla costruzione di un impianto di depurazione da 25 milioni di euro senza premurarsi precedentemente di verificare se le acque del fiume Pescara potevano essere potabilizzate. L’impianto non è stato mai attivato perché le acque del corso d’acqua sono troppo inquinate, così l’immancabile collaudo è stato realizzato senza l’uso dell’acqua del fiume. Nel 2004 però, finiti i lavori, chemical and physical exams required by the Regional Agency for the Environment Asl have sanctioned it impossible to activate the system to the amount of hazardous substances beyond the maximum limit.
remaining in place, we must also remember that in the summer of 2007, about 500,000 people, more than twice our province, remained for a month to dry water due to the closure of a well contaminated by a toxic waste dump abusive a pity that the landfill was there for years, everyone knew of its existence and authority of Scope of Pescara and the company that manages the integrated water cycle were aware since 2004 the presence of poisons in the water, well beyond the limit established by law, but despite what everyone has been silent, and then, in addition to an attempt on the public health by distributing contaminated H2O, no alternative supply had been made when it finally came, like lightning from the blue, the decree closing the well.
We then move to where Catanzaro in 2008, before being expelled for alleged, then proved nonexistent, procedural irregularities in the investigation "Why not," the former PM Luigi De Magistris enrolled under investigation Raimondo Besson already involved in Another survey on Acqualatina. The investigation concerned the management of Calabria della rete idrica dell’ATO 4. Raimondo Besson era vicepresidente e amministratore delegato della “Sorical”, una società mista pubblico-privata che gestiva il settore idrico in Calabria, ed il cui 46,5% del capitale è detenuto dall’azienda francese Veolia. I reati ipotizzati allora furono abuso d’ufficio, truffa aggravata per il conseguimento di erogazioni pubbliche e turbata libertà degli incanti.
Secondo De Magistris, la gran parte degli appalti affidati direttamente dalla “Sorical” sarebbero andati ad un gruppo di società, sempre le stesse, ricollegabili tra loro e che “avevano interesse anche con persone preposte ad uffici pubblici. Vista la fine che a fatto De Magistris come magistrato there is doubt about how the investigation will end.
With a little hop or two strokes in swimming, at least until the infamous bridge will be built, will dock in Sicily and find that in 2007 investigated the reasons for the increases in utility bills, as much as 400%, were discovered at ' waste from the Enna 101 ATO "easy assumptions" which, according to the findings from Digos and GDF would have blown up the accounts of the institution. A guide bandwagon Sicilian waste was at the material time Serafino Cocuzza current director of Auto Water Enna, you know ... someone you can trust.
Also on the island that gave birth the great philosopher and scientist Archimedes, Sicilian Drinking Water is now the company that manages the integrated water service of a Palermo. In the figure the company's structure, among others, Galva SpA Pisante whose family controlled companies were prosecuted by the prosecutor of Milan, Monza, Savona Catania and for a variety of crimes from the payment of bribes Mafia association.
We are moving up the peninsula in 2008 and are imaginative in dealing with administrators and creative management of water, felt it appropriate to falsify the analysis of drinking water from a compliant laboratory to avoid trouble and costly investment. The case is of SMAT / ASA company that manages the integrated water service to the A 4 of 50 municipalities of Alto Canavese.
fraud in public supplies, concealment and destruction of documents, illegality of tariff increases. These are the elements of an offense that got him into trouble this year Acea the heads of the A 5 of Frosinone.
A nice collection, although not exhaustive, of how in Italy are very good at turning an opportunity for improvement in permanent damage to the community.
now ... hope that in Como province and things will be different, considering the undergrowth that characterizes our leadership, I think what less uncertain. Just remember the scandals seamlessly to our politicians in the past 10 years to understand that even on the shores of our lake to become the vice its own interests at the expense of citizens is a practice known and appreciated alas.
As noted at the beginning to Como in this match we are running out of water and the municipalities will approve the so-called Area Plan Final later this year. From
free citizens informed and aware it would be worth in the right direction urge our municipalities, there is always time to do so in the assembly bring the ATO clear and unambiguous message for us that water is a right and that in any case its management, in whatever capacity one may choose to submit, should never end up in private hands to serve interests other than the Common Good.
In Turin, with the tail half burned, they moved in this direction through one of the means of participation that each Municipal Statute guarantees its citizens have collected 12,085 signatures and delivered the administration in support of a decision of a popular initiative enter into the Statute of the principle that city water is a common good and not a commodity, and therefore:
- the integrated water service not for profit,
- ownership of water supply and distribution network is public and inalienable
- the management is carried out exclusively by public authorities or companies entirely,
- every citizen is guaranteed a minimum life of free water per day.
Simple, clear, binding.