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Milan to turn off fountain spigots as drought bakes Italy

A water gauge plunging in the sand of the riverbed shows the low level of the waters of the Po river, under the Ponte della Becca (Becca bridge) in Linarolo, near Pavia, Italy, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The mayor of Milan signed an ordinance Saturday turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers in Italy's business capital as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades. The city ordinance follows the declaration Friday of a state of emergency in the surrounding Lombardy region, which has endured an unusually early heatwave and months without significant rainfall. Neighboring Emilia Romagna and Piemonte have undertaken similar crisis measures. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) A turist washes hands from a public fountain at the Sforzesco Castle, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The mayor of Milan signed an ordinance Saturday turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers in Italy's business capital as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades. The city ordinance follows the declaration Friday of a state of emergency in the surrounding Lombardy region, which has endured an unusually early heatwave and months without significant rainfall. Neighboring Emilia Romagna and Piemonte have undertaken similar crisis measures. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) A view of the Po riverbed under Ponte della Becca (Becca bridge) shows the effects of the drought, in Linarolo, near Pavia, Italy, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The mayor of Milan signed an ordinance Saturday turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers in Italy's business capital as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades. The city ordinance follows the declaration Friday of a state of emergency in the surrounding Lombardy region, which has endured an unusually early heatwave and months without significant rainfall. Neighboring Emilia Romagna and Piemonte have undertaken similar crisis measures. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Archbishop Mario Delpini blesses a field with holy water in front of the San Martino Olearo in Mediglia, northern Italy, Saturday, June 25, 2022. Archbishop Mario Delpini made a pilgrimage to three churches Saturday to pray for "the gift of rain," visiting three churches on the outskirts of Milan that serve the farming community and reciting the Rosary. The mayor of Milan signed an ordinance Saturday turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers in Italy's business capital as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades. The city ordinance follows the declaration Friday of a state of emergency in the surrounding Lombardy region, which has endured an unusually early heatwave and months without significant rainfall. Neighboring Emilia Romagna and Piemonte have undertaken similar crisis measures. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) A turist drinks water from a public fountain at the Sforzesco Castle, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The mayor of Milan signed an ordinance Saturday turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers in Italy's business capital as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades. The city ordinance follows the declaration Friday of a state of emergency in the surrounding Lombardy region, which has endured an unusually early heatwave and months without significant rainfall. Neighboring Emilia Romagna and Piemonte have undertaken similar crisis measures. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) A view of the Ponte della Becca (Becca bridge) on the Po river shows the effects of the drought, in Linarolo, near Pavia, Italy, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The mayor of Milan signed an ordinance Saturday turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers in Italy's business capital as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades. The city ordinance follows the declaration Friday of a state of emergency in the surrounding Lombardy region, which has endured an unusually early heatwave and months without significant rainfall. Neighboring Emilia Romagna and Piemonte have undertaken similar crisis measures. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) A view of the Po riverbed at Ponte della Becca (Becca bridge) shows the effects of the drought, in Linarolo, near Pavia, Italy, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The mayor of Milan signed an ordinance Saturday turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers in Italy's business capital as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades. The city ordinance follows the declaration Friday of a state of emergency in the surrounding Lombardy region, which has endured an unusually early heatwave and months without significant rainfall. Neighboring Emilia Romagna and Piemonte have undertaken similar crisis measures. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) People walk next to the public fountain in front of the Sforzesco Castle, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The mayor of Milan signed an ordinance Saturday turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers in Italy's business capital as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades. The city ordinance follows the declaration Friday of a state of emergency in the surrounding Lombardy region, which has endured an unusually early heatwave and months without significant rainfall. Neighboring Emilia Romagna and Piemonte have undertaken similar crisis measures. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Tourists fill plastic bottles with water from a public fountain at the Sforzesco Castle, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The mayor of Milan signed an ordinance Saturday turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers in Italy's business capital as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades. The city ordinance follows the declaration Friday of a state of emergency in the surrounding Lombardy region, which has endured an unusually early heatwave and months without significant rainfall. Neighboring Emilia Romagna and Piemonte have undertaken similar crisis measures. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) FILE - A farmer irrigates a corn field near the Po river in Guastalla, Italy, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The mayor of Milan signed an ordinance Saturday, June 25, 2022, turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers in Italy’s business capital as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades.(AP Photo/Paolo Santalucia) FILE - Dry cracked land is visible under a bridge in Boretto on the bed of the Po river, Italy, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The mayor of Milan signed an ordinance Saturday, June 25, 2022, turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers in Italy’s business capital as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) FILE - People fish near a hydroelectric power plant at Isola Serafini, on the Po river in San Nazzaro, Italy, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The drying up of the river is jeopardizing drinking water in Italy's densely populated and highly industrialized districts and threatening irrigation in the most intensively farmed part of the country. The mayor of Milan signed an ordinance Saturday, June 25, 2022, turning off public decorative fountains and limiting water sprinklers in Italy’s business capital as northern Italy endures one of the worst droughts in decades. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)