DP01708701_LAVENONE Wastewater Treatment Plant, Lavenone, Lombardia

DP01708701_LAVENONE is an advanced wastewater treatment plant located in Lavenone, a municipality in the Valle Sabbia mountain community of Brescia province, Lombardia, Italy. The plant serves a small population of 620 residents, reflecting the rural and alpine character of the area. The plant employs advanced treatment processes, which go beyond secondary treatment to remove nutrients and other pollutants. It has a designed capacity of 1000 m³/day and currently discharges 122.74 m³/day of treated wastewater. As an Italian facility, it operates under the national implementation of the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires appropriate treatment for sensitive areas and agglomerations of this size. The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that drain into the Chiese River, a tributary of the Oglio River, which flows into the Po River and ultimately the Adriatic Sea. The plant's advanced treatment helps protect the sensitive alpine and pre-alpine aquatic ecosystems in the Po basin.

The plant discharges into the Chiese River watershed, part of the Po River basin that drains into the Adriatic Sea. This region features karstic geology and sensitive aquatic habitats supporting diverse species such as the marble trout and European bullhead. Advanced treatment reduces nutrient loading, helping to prevent eutrophication in downstream water bodies.