1. The good procedures that citizens and
public administrations
can adopt for a better use of water

2. Drinking water Bactericidal
power
Water treatments
Chlorination

3. Laws
about
water
in
time
Code of health laws
(RD 27/07/1934)
DPR 03/07/1982
n.515 DPR
3/07/1982 n.515
DPR 24/05/1988
n.236
Innovations during
60 years

4. o It gave us a first definition of “drinking water”;
o But this definition was very questionable because it
evaluated characteristics in a very coarse way

5. Dirty water in the aqueducts
We have to find a way to reduce the pollution in the
water

6. Surface
waters
were
divided
into three
categories
A1  simple physics
treatment and disinfection
A2  normal physics
and chemical treatment,
disinfection and refining
A3  pushed physics and
chemical treatment,
disinfection and refining

8. Saving water at home means huge
improvements
The most obvious place to start saving water is at home, here we have
some tips that will allow you to conserve fresh water by only changing
your habits slightly

9. In the kitchen…
1. Don't rinse your hands,
clothes or vegetables
under a running tap, do
so in a bowl or sink.
2. Only run washing
machines or dishwashers
with a full load, and cut
down the rinse cycle if
possible.
3. Water plants with the
same water used for
washing food.

10. In the bathroom…
1. Turn off the tap while
brushing teeth, soaping
hands or shaving;
2. Take short showers instead
of baths;
3. If you do have a bath, use
the water left over to wash
the floor;
4. Use water saving devices,
e.g. water efficient
showerhead, water tap, dual
flush cistern for the toilet,
and pay attention to water
efficiency labels;
5. Avoid flushing unnecessarily.

11. And, at least…
1. Fix dripping taps and
water mains quickly;
2. Teach children that water
is not for games;
3. Control the flow from
the tap, do not always
turn it to the full.
4. Wash cars with a bucket
of water and the towel
instead of a hose.

12. A well planned urban
and industrial growth
Measures to apply as prevention for a correct
management of the water resources are:
Use materials and architectural
solutions environmentally friendly able
to improve our territory, the fountains
and the water locations
Upgrade, respecting the environment,
industrial areas and buildings.

13. Collecting rain water
The use of new technologies to disinfect and not alter
the aspects of taste and quality of water
Thus avoiding to rely excessively on drainage
from the water tables and a strict organisation of
the pumping activities
Draining water from lakes and
rivers

14. Thanks to water, we have established, new social
relationships among citizens and communities on
the territory.
The separation of gray and black waters and the
decentralisation of the treatment techniques for
local re-use
Promote and incentivate the use of tap water in private
and public structures

15. The lack of interest for some types of plants
which favour the oxygen production of the
territory and remove polluting elements.
The lack of sensibility for all that is
traditional and the territorial cultural
heritage (people, farming, the elders)
who and which would contribute to
improve the territorial environmental
balance.
Water reeds
Hemp

16. Further operations in the area of the Plain at high hydrogeological risk
Make the new “wells field”
in the river bed of the
Serchio at San Pietro a
Vico more efficient.
Decrease the water
drainage of the paper
mills.
Monitor the levels of the
layer and the percentage
of territory under the
authority of the Bacino
dell’Arno
Increase the pressure
in the restrained table
during rainy periods.
Eliminate the
private wells
Experiment
techniques of
artificial refilling of
the water layer at
Casa del Lupo