DP01808404_LUNGAVILLA_VIA_PIACENTINI - Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Lungavilla, Italy

DP01808404_LUNGAVILLA_VIA_PIACENTINI is an advanced wastewater treatment plant located in Lungavilla, a town in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. The plant serves a small population of 60 people, reflecting its role in a rural or small-scale community setting. The plant employs advanced treatment processes, which go beyond secondary treatment to remove nutrients and other pollutants, ensuring high-quality effluent. With a designed capacity of 60 m³/day and a discharge volume of 11.88 m³/day, the plant operates well within its capacity. As an Italian facility, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which mandates appropriate treatment levels based on agglomeration size and receiving water sensitivity. The treated effluent is discharged into local water bodies that eventually drain into the Po River basin, a major hydrological system in northern Italy. The Po River flows eastward into the Adriatic Sea, supporting diverse aquatic ecosystems and agricultural activities. The advanced treatment helps protect these downstream environments from nutrient pollution.

The plant discharges into local waterways that are part of the Po River basin, which drains into the Adriatic Sea. The Po basin is a densely populated and agriculturally intensive region, making nutrient removal critical to prevent eutrophication in the Adriatic. The advanced treatment level helps safeguard the ecological health of the river and its delta, which supports diverse aquatic life and migratory bird species.