Der er jo indlysende vanskeligheder med at forvalte Italiens hydrologiske ressourcer, hvilket kan konstateres ikke blot ved de hyppige tørkeperioder i syd i sommermånederne, men også ved visse perioder med oversvømmelser, som det var tilfældet i december med floden Serchio Toscana.
There are, in fact, obvious difficulties in managing Italy's hydrologic resources, as is clear not only from the frequent droughts in the south during the summer months, but also from certain episodes of flooding, such as the one that occurred in December with the River Serchio in Tuscany.