Acque spa/en

Da Wiz-Life+.

ACQUE S.P.A.

Acque S.p.A. is the coordinating beneficiary of WIZ project. Since 2001, Acque S.p.A. has managed the Integrated Water Service in the Basso Valdarno - (Tuscany, IT), an area from the Tyrrhenian coast to the heart of Tuscany (which includes 5 provinces, 57 municipalities, involving more than 770.000 citizens). In order to protect the environment and citizens' health, Acque S.p.A. is implementing a 650 million euro investment plan (ending in 2021), to ensure increasing quality and efficiency standards of water services including sewerage and sanitation systems.

In 2008, Acque Group, the first group in the water sector worldwide - which includes also controlled Acque Industriali, Acque Ingegneria and Acque Servizi - has achieved the BEST4, recognition given to enterprises that have achieved quality, environment, safety and social responsibility certification. Acque S.p.A. is also involved in social projects spreading a modern culture of water, which enhances water resources, protects against waste and misuse, and in solidarity programs. Acqua Buona, Acque Tour, Acqua ad Alta Qualità are some of the major projects run by Acque S.p.A. that involve primarily the school population of the territory. Between 2006 and 2009, Acque S.p.A. led as the coordinating beneficiary the A.S.A.P. Project (Actions for Systemic Aquifer Protection – LIFE06/ENV/IT/000255), focused on the urgent environmental problem of the overexploited Bientina Aquifer. The A.S.A.P. project demonstrated the viability of a Protocol to scale down groundwater vulnerability to pollution due to overexploitation. The A.S.A.P. Project achieved important results and showed that it is possible to start a virtuous circle between the aquifer treatment and the citizens which benefit of it, acting as an integrated system in equilibrium.