Rome, City of Ancient Aqueducts, Faces Water Rationing
Greg Burke said that It’s not like the Vatican is dying of water problems,
but we get the water from the same places Rome gets it from, Lake Bracciano and the aqueducts,
" he said. that They shouldn’t send anymore water from here to Rome,
" he said, adding that when news of the possible water rationing hit, he thought: "Wow.
that I grew up with the feeling that the water in Rome was always flowing,
The city is also fighting a deadline from the Latium region, to which Rome belongs, to stop draining fresh water from nearby Lake Bracciano.
The water carried by 35 miles of graceful aqueducts from Lake Bracciano to Rome reminded the 18th-century
German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe of conquerors returning triumphantly to the city.
By JASON HOROWITZJULY 27, 2017
ROME — Rome’s cold, clean water has flowed through ancient aqueducts, gurgled in baroque fountains
and poured incessantly from thousands of the 19th-century spouts that still grace the city streets.
