DP01501101_ASSAGO Wastewater Treatment Plant, Assago, Lombardy, Italy

DP01501101_ASSAGO is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Assago, a town in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, near Milan. The plant serves a population equivalent of 118,668, classifying it as a large agglomeration under EU regulations. As a facility of this scale in Italy, the plant is expected to provide secondary treatment as a minimum, with tertiary treatment required if the receiving waters are designated as sensitive areas under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC). The regulatory framework ensures compliance with national and EU standards for effluent quality. The treated wastewater is discharged into the local water network, which ultimately drains into the Po River basin and then into the Adriatic Sea. The plant plays a key role in protecting the Po River ecosystem, which supports diverse aquatic life and is an important agricultural and ecological corridor in northern Italy.

The plant discharges into the Po River basin, which flows eastward through northern Italy into the Adriatic Sea. The Po River supports a rich aquatic ecosystem, including fish species such as sturgeon and eel, and provides water for agriculture and industry. The downstream environment includes the Po Delta, a ecologically sensitive area that hosts migratory birds and diverse wetland habitats.