2. Acquedotto Pugliese
• with its 42,000 km network (6 times the Yangtze river) of drinking
water mains and drainage pipes,
• 185 water treatment plants,
is among the most impressive hydraulic engineering works in the
world.
Introducing Acquedotto
It has 2000 employees and a
wholly controlled subsidiary.
It serves over 4 million people
3. Acquedotto Pugliese covers and manages the entire water cycle:
from water sources, to purification, distribution of drinking water,
sewerage and treatment of waste waters.
Activities
4. Acquedotto Pugliese was established in 1902 under a law of the
Italian State in order to deliver drinking water to a vast territory that has
neither rivers nor lakes.
The sources of supply are hundreds of kilometres away from the
towns.
The main canal, built a hundred years ago, is an extraordinary
achievement. Over 245 kilometres entirely above ground with an
average slope of 45 millimetres per kilometre.
History
5. In 2013 the total turnover of the Group amounted to 479 million euro,
consolidated net profits were 21 million euro.
The Gross Operating Margin was 162 million, namely 33.86% of
revenues.
A few figures
6. In 2013 Acquedotto Pugliese invested 144.3 million euro to upgrade
and rehabilitate the entire water system.
More than one billion euro were invested during the last seven
years.
Investments
7. The drinking water network comprises five interconnected water
schemes that constitute a comprehensive system.
Interconnection makes it possible to transfer water from one scheme to
another, according to needs, ensuring high quality standards and no
interruption in the delivery of the service.
Characteristics of the system
8. The sources of water supply are many: springs, reservoirs, wells.
The four purification plants for treating the water from the reservoirs
have an overall production capacity of over 12 cubic metres per
second.
The sources
9. The water is tested in the 10 laboratories located across the area.
390 thousand chemical and microbiological parameters are
monitored every year. The main drinking water indicators are tested in
real time through a remote-controlled system with measurement
points along the network.
The purity of the water is further guaranteed by additional
complementary disinfection stations positioned at the main nodes of
the network.
Tasting the quality of the water
10. Acquedotto Pugliese is engaged in innovative projects for water flow
control and management of the system:
• a system that exploits microwaves for spotting leakages;
• devices for remote reading of the meters;
• drones for monitoring the pipes.
Innovation and research
11. Acquedotto Pugliese has built the largest bio-phytopurification plant
in Italy for the treatment of urban waste waters. The project was
awarded a national prize dedicated to water saving and
conservation.
Phytopurification
12. The Company has expanded the water supply-chain by taking full
control over a leading company in the production of fertilizers for
agricultural use.
Production of compost
The aim of this operation is to transform
a cost centre – disposal of the sludges
resulting from purification – into a
profitable business by producing
quality compost.
13. Turnover 479 million Euro
Net income 36,1 million Euro
MOL 162 million Euro
Employees 2.000
Pipelines 44.000 Km
Inhabitants served 4 million
Towns served 330
Waste water tratments plants 185
Water treatment plants 4
Parameters tested 390.000 per year
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