Acque del Chiampo is the fully public capital operator of the integrated water service in the territories of the ten member municipalities: Arzignano, Montecchio Maggiore, Lonigo, Chiampo, Brendola, Montorso Vicentino, Altissimo, San Pietro Mussolino, Crespadoro and Nogarole Vicentino.
Worth of a mention is the industrial purification activity of the Arzignano plant which, together with those of Montecchio Maggiore and Lonigo, treats 20 million cubic meters of industrial and civil waste each year that flow into the Arica final collector.
In Arzignano, discharges from activities related to leather tanning are treated above all, with about 160 companies directly connected to the purification plant built in the early 1970s. The quality of the service is guaranteed by the 300,000 parameters analyzed each year by the Acque del Chiampo laboratory to certify compliance with the discharge limits and test the effectiveness of the purification process.
Over the years, Acque del Chiampo has paid increasing attention to issues related to the protection of the environment and health; based on the input of the member Municipalities, and in particular those of Arzignano and Chiampo, most interested in the tanning activity, it has developed a constant improvement plan aimed at limiting the impact of discharges on the environment and at achieving the goals set by the 2030 Agenda of the UN for Sustainable Development. The plan is being implemented through a process of constant innovation based on the research and systemization of the best technologies and the launch of about 25 trials for the efficiency of the different phases of the purification cycle.
