LOC_CIVITELLA Wastewater Treatment Plant, Cantalice, Lazio, Italy

LOC_CIVITELLA is a wastewater treatment facility located in Cantalice, a town in the province of Rieti, Lazio, Italy. The plant serves a small population of approximately 200 residents, reflecting its role in a rural or small community setting. It operates under Italy's implementation of the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which mandates appropriate treatment for agglomerations of this scale. The plant provides advanced treatment, which goes beyond the secondary treatment standard required by the EU directive for sensitive areas. With a designed capacity of 500 cubic meters per day and a current discharge volume of 39.59 cubic meters per day, the plant operates well below its capacity, indicating room for future growth or seasonal variations. Advanced treatment typically includes nutrient removal to protect receiving waters. The treated effluent is discharged into local water bodies that ultimately drain into the Tiber River basin, which flows through Lazio and into the Tyrrhenian Sea. The plant's advanced treatment helps protect the sensitive aquatic ecosystems of the Tiber River and its downstream coastal environment, supporting biodiversity and water quality in the region.

The plant discharges into local streams that feed into the Tiber River, which flows through central Italy and empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Rome. The Tiber basin supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor. Advanced treatment at this plant helps reduce nutrient loads, protecting downstream water quality and marine habitats from eutrophication.