Overview
San Vincenzo La Costa Greco is a primary treatment plant serving 39 people in Gesuiti, Calabria, Italy. It discharges 7.72 m³/day of treated wastewater.
San Vincenzo La Costa Greco is a wastewater treatment plant located in the Gesuiti area of San Vincenzo La Costa, in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. The plant serves a small population of 39 people, reflecting its role in a rural or small community setting within the region. The plant provides primary treatment, which involves physical processes such as sedimentation to remove solids. With a designed capacity of 100 m³/day and a current discharge volume of 7.72 m³/day, the plant operates well below its capacity. Under Italy's implementation of the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), small agglomerations like this are subject to appropriate treatment requirements based on the sensitivity of the receiving environment. The treated effluent is discharged into local water bodies that ultimately drain into the Tyrrhenian Sea, as the plant is located within 50 km of the coast. The surrounding area is characterized by the Calabrian Apennines, and the plant's operations help protect local streams and the downstream marine environment from untreated pollution.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into local streams that flow towards the Tyrrhenian Sea, part of the Mediterranean basin. The region's coastal waters support diverse marine life and are important for local fisheries and tourism. Primary treatment reduces larger solids but does not remove nutrients, so the plant's small discharge volume minimizes ecological impact on the downstream environment.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located on Strada Provinciale 95 Parantoro-Gesuiti in the Gesuiti area of San Vincenzo La Costa, in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy.
The plant serves a small population of 39 people, typical of a rural community in the Calabria region.
The plant discharges treated effluent into local streams that flow toward the Tyrrhenian Sea. The discharge volume is 7.72 m³/day.
The plant provides primary treatment, which involves physical sedimentation to remove settleable solids. This is the minimum level required under EU directives for small agglomerations in non-sensitive areas.
Italy implements the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires appropriate treatment for agglomerations based on size and receiving water sensitivity. For a plant serving 39 people, primary treatment may be sufficient if the discharge does not affect sensitive areas.
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