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