Overview
Paterno Calabro Cimini is a secondary wastewater treatment plant in Paterno Calabro, Calabria, Italy. It serves a small population of 800 and discharges treated water into the local watershed.
Paterno Calabro Cimini is a wastewater treatment plant located in Paterno Calabro, a municipality in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. The plant serves a small population of approximately 800 residents, reflecting its role in a rural or small-town setting. As a secondary treatment facility, it provides biological treatment to reduce organic pollutants before discharge. The plant has a designed capacity of 1000 cubic meters per day and currently treats a daily volume of 158.37 cubic meters, indicating it operates well below its capacity. Under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), small agglomerations like this are required to provide appropriate treatment, and secondary treatment meets the standard for inland freshwater discharges. The treated effluent is released into the local watershed, which ultimately drains into the Ionian Sea via the Crati River basin. This downstream connection underscores the plant's role in protecting both local water quality and the broader marine environment from nutrient pollution and pathogens.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into the local watershed, which is part of the Crati River basin. The Crati River flows through Calabria and empties into the Ionian Sea near the Gulf of Taranto. This coastal area supports diverse marine life and is important for local fisheries. The secondary treatment provided by the plant helps reduce organic load and nutrient inputs, protecting downstream aquatic ecosystems from eutrophication and maintaining water quality for recreational and ecological uses.
Frequently asked questions
Paterno Calabro Cimini is located in Paterno Calabro, a municipality in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. The full address is Paterno Calabro, Cosenza, Calabria, 87045, Italia.
The plant serves a population of approximately 800 people, making it a small-scale facility typical of rural communities in Calabria.
The plant provides secondary treatment and discharges treated effluent into the local watershed, which flows into the Crati River and eventually reaches the Ionian Sea.
As an Italian plant, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires secondary treatment for inland discharges from agglomerations of this size.
For small agglomerations under 2,000 population equivalent, Italian regulations typically require appropriate treatment, often secondary treatment, to reduce organic matter and suspended solids before discharge into freshwater bodies.
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