Overview
Villa Ruggero wastewater treatment plant serves Partanna, Sicily, Italy. It has a designed capacity of 1.00 and serves a population of 8,789.
Villa Ruggero is a wastewater treatment plant located in Partanna, within the province of Trapani in Sicily, Italy. The facility serves a population of approximately 8,789 residents, placing it in the small-to-medium agglomeration category under Italian and EU regulations. As a plant in Italy, Villa Ruggero operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires secondary treatment for agglomerations of this size. The treated effluent from Villa Ruggero is likely discharged into local watercourses that drain into the Mediterranean Sea. Sicily's water resources are ecologically sensitive, supporting diverse aquatic life and agricultural activities. The plant plays a role in protecting downstream water quality in this Mediterranean island environment.
Environmental context
Villa Ruggero is located in inland Sicily, within the drainage basin of the Mediterranean Sea. The plant's discharge likely enters local streams or rivers that flow into the Mediterranean, a semi-enclosed sea with high ecological importance. The region supports diverse marine and coastal ecosystems, including seagrass meadows and fish nurseries, which benefit from effective wastewater treatment to prevent nutrient pollution and habitat degradation.
Frequently asked questions
Villa Ruggero is located in Partanna, in the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
The plant serves a population of 8,789 residents.
As an Italian plant, Villa Ruggero operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires secondary treatment for agglomerations of this size.
Under the EU UWWTD, agglomerations between 2,000 and 10,000 population equivalent typically require secondary treatment, which is the standard for plants of this scale in Italy.
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