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East, West Bari, Bitonto WWTP

General Information

  • Entity: Acquedotto Pugliese S.P.A
  • Location: Puglia, Bari, Italy
  • Population: 1,100,000 eq/inhab
  • Flow: 220,000 m3/day

Key points

East Bari

Flow: 130,000 m3/day

Water Line

  • Influent well
  • Coarse solids breakdown
  • Initial pumping
  • Flow metering
  • Fine solids breakdown
  • Homogenization
  • Grease trapping
  • Distribution pit
  • Primary settling
  • Biological treatment (denitrification/nitrification)
  • Secondary settling
  • Sodium hypochlorite disinfection

Sludge line

  • Primary sludge extraction
  • Biological sludge extraction
  • Sludge mixing
  • Dynamic sludge thickening
  • Mixed sludge pumping
  • Primary and secondary anaerobic digestion
  • Dynamic sludge post-thickening
  • Pumping mixed sludge to dehydration
  • Centrifuge dehydration
  • Storage silos
  • Gasometer

West Bari

Flow: 70,000 m3/day

Water Line

  • Influent well
  • Homogenization
  • Initial pumping
  • Grease trapping Fine solids breakdown
  • Sand/silt trapping
  • Distribution pit
  • Primary settling
  • Biological treatment (denitrification/nitrification)
  • Secondary settling
  • Sodium hypochlorite disinfection

Sludge line

  • Primary sludge extraction
  • Biological sludge extraction
  • Sludge mixing
  • Gravity sludge thickening
  • Mixed sludge pumping
  • Primary and secondary anaerobic digestion
  • Pumping mixed sludge to dehydration
  • Centrifuge dehydration
  • Storage silos
  • Drying beds
  • Gasometer

Bitonto Bari

Flow: 20,000 m3/day

Water line

  • Influent well
  • Fine solids breakdown
  • Grease trapping
  • Sand/silt trapping
  • Distribution pit
  • Primary settling
  • Biological treatment (denitrification/nitrification)
  • Secondary settling
  • Sodium hypochlorite disinfection

Sludge line

  • Primary sludge extraction
  • Biological sludge extraction
  • Sludge mixing
  • Gravity sludge thickening
  • Mixed sludge pumping
  • Aerobic digestion
  • Dynamic sludge post-thickening
  • Pumping mixed sludge to dehydration
  • Centrifuge dehydration
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