One year after the expiry of the Pnrr, Ref Public Research Position Paper, a document that summarizes the current state of works in the water sector which would have benefited from investments from European funds. The document shows that only the 2% of the interventions has been concluded, while 51% of the works it is still there in testing status. The managers, area bodies and reclamation consortia found in a more advanced state of realization of interventions, While the regions and Local societies remain behind. Investments are also slowing down: according to the data resulting from the study, it is only 30% was spent of the funds allocated.
NRRP: Here's how much funding has been allocated to the water sector.
Il Pnrr has allocated more than 5,3 billion euros of direct fundsThese funds, combined with co-financing from public and private funds, bring the total to over 8 billion eurosThese funds represent, and represented, an extraordinary opportunity to make the Italian water sector more modern e competitive. The paper further emphasizes that water network leaks in Italy they exceed the 40%. Networks which are also characterized by inadequate purification systems with strong territorial gaps which particularly concern the Noon.
The document highlights in particular the gap between programming e realization of the projects relating to the PNRR. The 98 % of the latter was started with tenders for 8 billion euros, Of which 79% were awarded with this amount. In any case the payments which are actual amount only to 30 % of the total financed, that is 2,4 billion euros.
Territorial gaps are evident in the water sector
As mentioned, another theme which emerged from the study concerns the different performances and territorial infrastructures in the water sectorThe analysis carried out by Ref Searches confirms that the gaps are Really. The North and the Centre, as far as we know, have exceeded the 40% of the expenditure, Noon stops at 23,5 %. More specifically, the Friuli-Venezia Giulia register the 52 % of payments, while the Campania, the first region in Italy for awarded funding, stands at only 9,2 %. In Noon It is worth highlighting that the network losses they touch the 50 %. As regards purification, the paper emphasizes that they result in Community infringement 855 agglomerationsthose that involve 26,8 million inhabitants.
Another key aspect for investments in the water sector concerns the timesThe average duration to complete a water project with NRRP funds is approximately 4 and a half years. As mentioned at the beginning, currently the 51% of the projects resulta still in the process of test.
