DEP_COM_MONTELUNGO Wastewater Treatment Plant, Castelnuovo di Porto, Lazio, Italy

DEP_COM_MONTELUNGO is an advanced wastewater treatment plant located in Castelnuovo di Porto, in the Lazio region of Italy. The plant serves a small population of 900 people and has a designed capacity of 1000 m³/day, with a current discharge volume of 178.17 m³/day. It operates under Italy's implementation of the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires appropriate treatment for agglomerations of this size. As an advanced treatment facility, it likely employs processes to remove nutrients and other pollutants beyond secondary treatment. The plant is situated inland, more than 10 km from the coast, and discharges into local watercourses that eventually drain into the Tiber River basin. The Tiber flows through Rome and into the Tyrrhenian Sea, making the plant's advanced treatment important for protecting downstream water quality and the sensitive coastal ecosystem of the central Mediterranean.

The plant discharges into local streams that are part of 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 water resource for the region. The advanced treatment at DEP_COM_MONTELUNGO helps reduce nutrient loads and pollutants, protecting the ecological health of the downstream river and coastal waters.