IDL_VIA_AMENDOLA Wastewater Treatment Plant, Cerbaia, Toscana

IDL_VIA_AMENDOLA is an advanced wastewater treatment plant located in Cerbaia, a locality in the municipality of Lamporecchio, within the province of Pistoia in the Toscana region of Italy. The plant serves a small population of 1,441 people, reflecting its role in a rural or peri-urban setting. As an advanced treatment facility, it goes beyond secondary treatment to remove nutrients and other pollutants, ensuring high-quality effluent. The plant has a designed capacity of 1,200 m³/day and currently discharges 285.27 m³/day, indicating it operates well below its maximum capacity. This suggests the plant is sized to accommodate future growth or seasonal peaks. Under Italian and EU regulations, small agglomerations like this are required to provide appropriate treatment to protect receiving water bodies, and the advanced treatment level here likely addresses local environmental sensitivities. The treated effluent from IDL_VIA_AMENDOLA is discharged into local watercourses that eventually drain into the Arno River basin and then to the Tyrrhenian Sea. The plant's advanced treatment helps protect downstream aquatic ecosystems and supports water quality in the region, which is important for both ecological health and human uses such as agriculture and recreation.

The plant discharges into the local drainage network that feeds into the Arno River, one of Italy's major rivers, which flows through Tuscany and empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Pisa. The Arno basin supports diverse aquatic life and is ecologically sensitive due to agricultural runoff and urban pressures. The advanced treatment at IDL_VIA_AMENDOLA helps reduce nutrient loading, protecting downstream water quality and the coastal marine environment.