CASTAGNARO_VIA_PELOSA Wastewater Treatment Plant, Castagnaro, Veneto

CASTAGNARO_VIA_PELOSA is an advanced wastewater treatment plant located in Castagnaro, a municipality in the province of Verona, Veneto, Italy. The plant serves a small population of around 1,438 residents, reflecting its role in a rural or small-town setting within the Po River basin. The facility employs advanced treatment processes, which go beyond secondary treatment to remove nutrients and other pollutants. With a designed capacity of 1,500 m³/day and a current discharge volume of 284.67 m³/day, the plant operates well below its capacity, indicating room for future growth or seasonal variations. As an Italian plant, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires appropriate treatment for sensitive areas. The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that ultimately drain into the Po River, Italy's longest river, which flows into the Adriatic Sea. The plant's advanced treatment helps protect the Po River ecosystem and the Adriatic coastal environment from nutrient pollution and other contaminants.

The plant discharges into the Po River basin, which flows eastward through northern Italy and empties into the Adriatic Sea near Venice. The Po River supports diverse aquatic life and is an important agricultural and industrial water source. Advanced treatment at this plant helps reduce nutrient loads that could otherwise contribute to eutrophication in the Adriatic Sea, a semi-enclosed basin sensitive to algal blooms.