DEPURATORE_SCAPPIA Wastewater Treatment Plant, Orte Scalo, Lazio

DEPURATORE_SCAPPIA is an advanced wastewater treatment plant located in Orte Scalo, a frazione of Orte in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The plant serves a population of approximately 3,375 residents and is part of the municipal wastewater infrastructure for the area. The plant employs advanced treatment processes, which go beyond secondary treatment to remove nutrients and other pollutants. With a designed capacity of 5,000 cubic meters per day and a current discharge volume of 668.13 cubic meters per day, the facility operates well within its capacity. Under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), plants serving agglomerations of this size are required to provide secondary treatment, and the advanced level here indicates a higher standard of treatment. The treated effluent is discharged into the local water system, which ultimately drains into the Tiber River basin. The Tiber River flows through central Italy and empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Rome. The plant's advanced treatment helps protect the Tiber River and downstream coastal waters from nutrient pollution and other contaminants.

The plant discharges into the Tiber River basin, which flows through Lazio and Umbria before reaching the Tyrrhenian Sea. The Tiber River supports diverse aquatic life and is an important water resource for agriculture and drinking water. The advanced treatment at DEPURATORE_SCAPPIA helps reduce nutrient loads, protecting the river's ecological health and the coastal waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea from eutrophication.