New Sources

Acquedotto Pugliese is on the lookout for tomorrow’s water in order to protect the new generations and to counteract the effects of climate change. This has led to the development of projects for water supply:

●    search for new sources;
●    investments in sustainable desalination;
●    continuous improvement of purification;
●    reuse of treated wastewater.
Saving water is necessary, but it is also essential to use alternative sources such as desalination plants, strategic works that can help better address future droughts.

Desalination Plants
Acquedotto Pugliese has several projects. One desalination plant will ensure water supply to the Tremiti Islands, another will make the water flows of the Tara River , in the territory of Taranto, drinkable. Finally, projects in Brindisi and Manfredonia are being run to guarantee new water supply in case of emergency.

The  highly technological plants will improve the quality of the water resource and will provide the daily water supply needed by the population of the served territories.
 
How Desalination Works
The desalination process is based on the method of reverse osmosis, which is the most efficient in terms of production associated with energy consumption and land occupation. Technological evolution is primarily focused on the development of increasingly efficient membranes and on energy recovery systems from the osmotic process.