Overview
Valle Bernardo advanced wastewater treatment plant serves Lenola, Lazio, Italy. It treats wastewater for 600 people with a designed capacity of 650 m³/day, discharging 118.78 m³/day.
Valle Bernardo is an advanced wastewater treatment plant located in Lenola, a town in the Lazio region of Italy. The plant serves a small population of 600 residents, reflecting its role in a rural or peri-urban setting. Its designed capacity of 650 m³/day indicates it is sized to accommodate local needs. The plant employs advanced treatment processes, which go beyond the secondary treatment standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for agglomerations of this size. This level of treatment is often implemented in sensitive areas to reduce nutrient loads and protect receiving water bodies. The plant discharges approximately 118.78 m³/day of treated effluent. Situated within 10 km of the coast, the plant's discharge ultimately reaches the Tyrrhenian Sea via local streams and groundwater. The Lazio coastal zone supports diverse marine life and is an important area for tourism and fisheries. Advanced treatment helps minimize the environmental impact on these coastal ecosystems.
Environmental context
The plant's treated effluent flows into local watercourses that drain toward the Tyrrhenian Sea, a basin of the Mediterranean Sea. The coastal waters off Lazio support seagrass meadows and diverse fish populations, making nutrient and pollutant control critical. Advanced treatment reduces the risk of eutrophication and protects the ecological health of the nearshore marine environment.
Frequently asked questions
Valle Bernardo is located in Lenola, a town in the province of Latina, Lazio region, Italy. Its address is Via Chiavino, Lenola, Latina, Lazio, 04025.
The plant serves a population of 600 people, making it a small-scale facility typical of rural communities in Italy.
The plant discharges treated effluent into local watercourses that flow toward the Tyrrhenian Sea. Being within 10 km of the coast, the discharge ultimately reaches the Mediterranean Sea.
Valle Bernardo provides advanced treatment, which exceeds the secondary treatment standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive for small agglomerations. This helps protect the sensitive coastal environment.
Italy implements the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which mandates secondary treatment for agglomerations over 2,000 population equivalent. For smaller plants like Valle Bernardo, appropriate treatment is required to meet local water quality objectives, and advanced treatment may be applied in sensitive areas.
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