(ANSA) - Rome, September 10 - Rome is installing 100
high-tech 'water home' (case dell'acqua) distributors around the
city for the Jubilee year which begins in December, utility Acea
said on Thursday.
One of the first distributors in the city centre started
operating on Thursday next to the underground station by the
Colosseum, offering tourists, pilgrims and locals a glass of
either still or sparkling water.
"It is the same water that arrives in Roman households but
it is refrigerated and added to," said Acea Chief Executive
Alberto Irace.
Other water distributors are due to be installed near
Castel Sant'Angelo, by the underground stops Cipro and Ottaviano
near the Vatican, and by Saint Peter's railway station.
The distributors are funded by Acea and will cost a total
of three million euros.
Pope Francis declared an extraordinary Holy Year, or
Jubilee, on the theme of divine mercy to begin on December 8 and
continue until November 20, 2016.
Millions of pilgrims are expected in Rome, and authorities have launched a packet of measures to prepare the city for the event.
Millions of pilgrims are expected in Rome, and authorities have launched a packet of measures to prepare the city for the event.
