Peschiera Aqueduct: Acea defines the doubling as the top water project in Europe

The doubling of the upper section of the Peschiera aqueduct, worth 1.5 billion euros, is "the most significant water project in Europe". This was said by the president of Acea, Alessandro Rivera, speaking at the Euro-Mediterranean Water Forum in Rome. The group, he explained, is "building the water infrastructure of the future, investing mainly in large infrastructure works".

For Rivera it is "a strategic work to guarantee the security of Lazio's water supply".

The infrastructure, he specified, serves over 4 million people in 150 municipalities and will allow the maintenance of the current aqueduct, "in operation for over 80 years". The construction site is also "a unique opportunity" to apply the new technologies developed by Acea and, he added, will represent the group's know-how as "a model that can be exported in Italy and abroad".

The president of the Capitoline Assembly of Rome Capital, Svetlana Celli, also spoke on Peschiera at the same forum. Rome, he said, also works with Acea on the modernization and digitalisation of the network, reduction of losses and security of supply, "starting with the strengthening of the Peschiera aqueduct". For Celli "no one can govern" water alone: ​​networks between territories and public and private entities are needed.