Site Visit Objectives:
To show one of the biggest industrial water treatment plants in Italy, how it was born and managed in order to comply with the laws and to respect the environment.

Company Profile:
Acque del Chiampo S.p.A. is a shareholder company, mainly financed through public capital, who works in the filed of civil water services and treatment and disposal of industrial waste water and sludge.
It was born in 1974 under the name of FIC (Industrial Sewerage System Consortium) with the aim of managing the waste water produced by the tannery industries working in the Chiampo Valley.
At the beginning of the new century the company changed name into Acque del Chiampo S.p.A., and enlarged its services, also becoming the managing entity for the Chiampo Valley water basin. The municipalities served as of 2009 are ten: Arzignano, Altissimo, Chiampo, Montorso Vicentino, Crespadoro, Nogarole Vicentino, San Pietro Mussolino, Montecchio Maggiore, Brendola and Lonigo.
The main activity carried on by the company is related to the Integrated Water Service, which includes:
• Aqueduct (drawing, treatment and distribution of drinking water)
• Sewerage system (civil and industrial)
• Sludge depuration
• Landfill management