Jimu News reporter Hu Xiuwen
Intern Peng Xinyi
According to the British " Guardian " report on June 28, Italy is facing one of the most severe droughts in decades. In order to save water, a small town banned barbers from rinsing customers. Anyone who violates the order may face a fine of up to 500 euros (approximately RMB 3,528).
A barber shop in Italy (Source: The Guardian)
Castenasso is a small town near Bologna, the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy, with a population of 16,000.
Gubellini said that Italy is facing a strong and long-lasting heat wave and drought and needs to save water, but barbers waste thousands of liters of water by rinsing customers' hair twice. Mayor Carlo Gubellini issued the order last Saturday to give them enough time to adapt, given that barbershops will be closed on Sunday and Monday.
Gubellini is said to be the only mayor in Italy to take such a measure, which will inspect and punish clubs that break the rules with fines of up to 500 euros. A manual accompanying guidance on the measure states that an open tap will flow 13 liters of water per minute and that it would take at least 20 liters of water to rinse someone's hair twice.
Gubellini told the media: "If we multiply the water consumption per customer by the number of people in the town, we get the quantity of thousands of liters per day. Castenazo is still only a small city, imagine in a big city How much water will be used?” The report said that this regulation will last until late September.
However, many people do not buy it. They think this measure is ridiculous.
Castenaso's barbershops reopened on Tuesday morning. Katia, who works at the barbershop, said: "This rule seems a bit ridiculous. It is difficult for us not to rinse customers' hair twice because when we wash their hair, Some of the hair shampoo products used are very dirty, and in this case they need to be washed twice."
Gubellini said that he hopes to adjust the measures before they expire, but he emphasized the current situation. Very worrying.
Faced with a severe drought, water conservation measures have been implemented elsewhere in Italy, including milan, where public fountains have been shut down.
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