PARMA_CORCAGNANO Wastewater Treatment Plant, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

PARMA_CORCAGNANO is a wastewater treatment plant located in the Vigatto district of Parma, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. The plant serves a population of 3,314 and operates at a designed capacity of 7,500 m³/day, with an average discharge volume of 690.33 m³/day. As a secondary treatment facility, the plant provides biological treatment to reduce organic matter and suspended solids. Under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), agglomerations with a population equivalent between 2,000 and 10,000 are required to have secondary treatment. PARMA_CORCAGNANO meets this standard, ensuring compliance with European regulations for smaller communities. The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that ultimately drain into the Po River basin, which flows eastward into the Adriatic Sea. The plant plays a key role in protecting the region's water quality, supporting aquatic life in the Po River system and reducing nutrient loads that could contribute to eutrophication in the Adriatic.

The plant's discharge enters the Po River basin, Italy's largest river system, which flows through the Po Valley and empties into the Adriatic Sea. This watershed supports diverse aquatic ecosystems and is an important agricultural and industrial region. The secondary treatment provided by the plant helps reduce organic pollution and nutrient loading, protecting downstream water quality and the ecological health of the Adriatic coastal zone.