DEP_COM_FONTE_DEL_TROCCO Wastewater Treatment Plant, Montelibretti, Lazio, Italy

DEP_COM_FONTE_DEL_TROCCO is an advanced wastewater treatment plant located in Montelibretti, a town in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy. The plant serves a small population of around 1,500 residents, reflecting its role in a smaller community within the broader Rome metropolitan area. The plant employs advanced treatment processes, which go beyond the secondary treatment standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for agglomerations of this size. With a designed capacity of 1,800 cubic meters per day and a current discharge volume of approximately 297 cubic meters per day, the facility operates well within its capacity, ensuring effective treatment of local wastewater. The treated effluent is discharged into the local watershed, which ultimately drains into the Tiber River basin and then into the Tyrrhenian Sea. The plant's advanced treatment helps protect the sensitive aquatic ecosystems of the Tiber River and the coastal marine environment, supporting biodiversity and water quality in the region.

The plant discharges into the Tiber River basin, which flows through Lazio and into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Rome. The Tiber River supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in central Italy. Advanced treatment at this plant helps reduce nutrient and pollutant loads, protecting downstream habitats and the coastal marine environment from eutrophication and contamination.