Overview
SACILE_LOC_S_ODORICO wastewater treatment plant serves Sacile in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. It has a designed capacity of 1.00 and serves a population of 6,000.
The SACILE_LOC_S_ODORICO wastewater treatment plant is located in Sacile, a town in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy. The facility serves a population of approximately 6,000 residents and has a designed capacity of 1.00, indicating it is a small-scale municipal plant. As an Italian wastewater treatment facility, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC, which requires secondary treatment for agglomerations of this size. The regulatory framework ensures compliance with European standards for effluent quality. The plant discharges treated wastewater into the local water system, which ultimately drains into the Adriatic Sea via the Livenza River basin. This connection to the Adriatic underscores the importance of effective treatment to protect coastal water quality and marine ecosystems in the northern Adriatic.
Environmental context
The plant's treated effluent enters the local drainage network, which flows into the Livenza River and eventually reaches the Adriatic Sea. The Adriatic Sea is a semi-enclosed basin with sensitive marine habitats, including seagrass meadows and fish spawning grounds. Proper wastewater treatment is essential to prevent nutrient pollution and safeguard biodiversity in this coastal environment.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located in Sacile, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy, near the Livenza River.
The plant serves approximately 6,000 residents in the Sacile area.
Treated wastewater is discharged into the local water system, which flows into the Livenza River and eventually reaches the Adriatic Sea.
As a plant serving 6,000 people, it falls under the EU UWWTD, which requires secondary treatment for agglomerations of this size to protect receiving waters.
Italian plants of this scale typically employ secondary biological treatment, such as activated sludge or trickling filters, to meet EU standards for organic matter and nutrient removal.
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