The Arzignano wastewater treatment plant was developed in the 1970s to treat the municipal wastewater of approx. 40,000 people living in the Chiampo Valley and the industrial sludge from about 160 tanneries. The tanneries are connected to the plant by 40 km of designated wastewater pipes.
The plant offers a treatment capacity for a city with a population of 1.5 million people. It is continuously being expanded and modernised to improve purification capacity, quality and use of resources. This also designed to increase sustainability and nature conservation and is in strict compliance with environmental regulations.
The system is divided into two treatment pipelines:
A water pipeline for the separate treatment of industrial wastewater and municipal wastewater
A sludge pipeline to treat the sludge generated by water purification.
A certified laboratory with state-of-the-art instruments guarantees the accurate testing of the quality of the purified water and of the entire aqueduct network managed by Acque del Chiampo.