Overview
DEP_COM_FOSSO_RIO is a municipal wastewater treatment plant serving Cave, Lazio, Italy. Designed for a capacity of 1.00, it supports a population of 7,000.
DEP_COM_FOSSO_RIO is a wastewater treatment plant located in Cave, a town in the Lazio region of Italy, within the Metropolitan City of Rome. The plant serves a population of 7,000, classifying it as a small to medium agglomeration under Italian and EU regulations. As an Italian plant, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC, which requires secondary treatment for agglomerations of this size. The plant discharges treated wastewater into local watercourses that ultimately drain into the Tyrrhenian Sea via the Tiber River basin. This region supports diverse aquatic life and is part of a broader Mediterranean coastal ecosystem.
Environmental context
The plant's treated effluent flows into local streams within the Tiber River basin, which drains into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Rome. The downstream environment includes ecologically sensitive coastal areas that support marine biodiversity and are important for regional water quality management.
Frequently asked questions
DEP_COM_FOSSO_RIO is located at via Speciano, Cave, in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy.
The plant serves a population of 7,000, classifying it as a small to medium agglomeration under EU regulations.
Treated wastewater is discharged into local watercourses within the Tiber River basin, which ultimately flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea.
As an Italian plant, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC, which mandates secondary treatment for agglomerations of this size.
Under the EU UWWTD, plants serving between 2,000 and 10,000 population equivalents require secondary treatment, which is the standard for this scale.
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