The Province of Benevento, concessionaire, and the Special Asea, managing body, during a press conference, presented data on the safety of the dam Campolattaro owned by the Ministry of Infrastructure.
The meeting was attended John Doors, technical manager of Campolattaro Dam on behalf of Asea; General Secretary of the Province Carmine Nardone.
The introduction was carried out by Giovanni hunt, Secretary of Asea, who has previously stated that the Region Campania, as regards the Dam, It is responsible for issuing permission to lead and is also responsible for the Emergency Plan.
Hunt said: "The construction of the dam began in the early eighties of the last century; completed its work in 1995, while the Fund for the South had already been suppressed that had financed, after a long period of "interregnum", the Province of Benevento was identified as the largest dealership body invaded. The Province has taken steps in recent years to secure the facility, and enter into the necessary works to allow filling. La diga, infatti, is still experimental exercise today (come altre 90 dams around the country), because this is required by the technical protocols. Subjected to fills and flushes at preset time cycles, the dam has yet to touch the maximum share invaded, ie 377,25 meters above sea level. This filling cycle is started in 2006: il 27 December 2016 the General Directorate of Dams has authorized, a 10 So from the beginning years of experimental reservoirs cycle, the maximum coverage as, so says the Ministry, "The state is not affected by the dam sealing problems". The degree seismicity is the maximum expected at the time of creation and in any case the dam "is not currently affected by security issues, particularly relating to the geotechnical behavior of the works and of the banks". Exists, however, so that the maximum coverage is realized, the interference problem of municipal road Senzamici in Morcone: infatti, with the maximum fill the water would flood the artery. Therefore necessary to provide the plant with an alternative route to the local community. E’ to report that, during the flood of October 2015, when there were exceptional rainfall, the maximum share invaded the 19 October was 372,19 above sea level, while the 20 October was 374,33 meters above sea level. The dam has left to flow downstream 1.320.536 cubic meters of water starting from 21.30 of the 19 up to 8.00 of the 20 October. finally, the Government announced that, in relation to the declaration of the Ministry to the effect that the real problem of putting into operation of the dam finds its reason for being in "the absence of any derivative work" (ie the water network), He has allocated the sum of 20 million. This amount is, however, deemed insufficient by the Asea, assessing the real needs in 80 million euro '.
The president of the province Ricci, intervening in the Conference, he has declared: "We do not care to do sull'invaso political controversy. We, with ministerial documents in hand, we say that the dam is absolutely secure Campolattaro. Therefore we we would like to say quite clearly to the citizens of the Sannio. It 's another problem that needs to be asked. As a ruling class, infatti, we must ask, after so many years of starting its work, and after so many public funds allocated to this gigantic work, how best to use this extraordinary resource, which is the largest of the Sannio opportunities - as attested by the Ministry. We must thank the Government and the Ministry, with a resolution of the CIPE, They have set themselves the overall problem of Italian dams to be completed and put into operation and have assigned to a generous sum Sannio, far beyond the average of the funds granted to all other dams. We are committed as a Province and how Asea to put into operation the reservoir. The problem is at the time the impediment Senzamici Morcone road that should have taken place around 30 years ago by another body: But today it can provide for much because it speaks of a very low cost ".
President Carlo dell'Asea Petriella wanted to emphasize how the company's commitment is to carry out the work for the specific purposes of the dam. "I have never wanted to controversy; I was saddened by the accusations of institutional rudeness, I do not think that can be me buckled. I would simply reiterate that the issue raised by the City of Benevento on dam safety had already been clarified by the formal declaration of the Ministry of last 26 December. This representation was further confirmed at the meeting at the Ministry in Rome. We are committed concretely to complete the project design to achieve the maximum proportion invaded and we are supplying the hydraulic re-evaluation program. Furthermore the Council of ASEA Administration has already approved the technical project of the defined Senzamici road and executive pipeline and will be ready - I think I can say – by April ».
The manager of the Doors Dam said: "We're going to get to the maximum capacity of the dam filling: us in drought, d’estate, We unload the water collection and therefore we perform an environmental protection function of the hydrographic network underlying implant. Then laminiamo floods, ie we prevent the excessive precipitation can cause downstream maximum inflow of water problems. In addition, the dam is already home to the Oasis of Campolattaro. However, there is a problem with regard to the dam and is to destination water: we must provide as soon as possible to use this water for civic uses in all dwellings: In fact, we are witnessing a gradual impoverishment, year by year, the transfer of water resources for the territory and the citizens of Benevento from the Molise ",it.