The problem: water pollution
The Venice lagoon is one of the most important wet areas in the world due to its water ecosystems and primary productivity.
It is a unique habitat, due to its hydro-geological complexity, which needs forefront design abilities. Ingeniousness is deeply entrenched in the long history of the Serenissima Republic of Venice: the history of a community living with water and on water. Natural laws only would have not been enough to preserve and protect Venice and its lagoon.
PIF - the integrated and circular wastewater treatment system
The Fusina Integrated Project (PIF) is a great environmental policy challenge, which has been risen up to jointly with the State, the Region an the local authorities and has led to the drafting of a regional programming and planning tool known as the “2000 Steering Plan”. Remarkable engineering work, promoted by the Veneto Region, which employs roughly 200 million euros and will be completed within 2013. 50% of the project is financed by regional funds and the remaining 50% by means of a Project Financing operation.
There is a dual objective: to protect the Venice lagoon by drastically limiting effluents though purified and spare drinking water by extensively recycling the water used for industrial purposes.
