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