DP01704901_CERVENO Wastewater Treatment Plant, Badetto, Lombardy

DP01704901_CERVENO is an advanced wastewater treatment plant located in the hamlet of Badetto, within the municipality of Cerveno, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. The plant serves a small population of 740 residents, reflecting its role in a rural or small community setting within the Valle Camonica valley. 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. Its designed capacity is 1200 cubic meters per day, with an actual discharge volume of 146.49 cubic meters per day, indicating ample reserve capacity. The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that ultimately drain into the Oglio River, a major tributary of the Po River, which flows into the Adriatic Sea. The plant's advanced treatment helps protect the sensitive alpine and pre-alpine aquatic ecosystems of the Oglio River basin.

The plant discharges into small streams that feed the Oglio River, which flows through the Camonica Valley and into Lake Iseo before joining the Po River. The Po River delta is a ecologically significant area supporting diverse aquatic life and migratory birds. Advanced treatment at this plant helps reduce nutrient loading and protects downstream water quality in this sensitive watershed.