ARNO RIVER

The hydrographic

basin of the Arno

river covers a total

surface of 9.040

sq Km. The basin

affects the territory

of 10 provinces and

166 communes.

The river is 241 Km

long

Tuscany

The source of the Arno river is on Mount Falterona, in the Tuscan Appennines at elevation 1.385 m above sea level. Here the water is clean , pure, with no trace of pollution

The source

San Giovanni Valdarno

From here the Arno begins to be affected by zootechnical pollution from the Valdichiana area

Florence

In Florence, which is the main city in Tuscany, the river is polluted by the wastewater coming from textile industries, up to the area of Fucecchio.

Empoli

In this town the river is polluted by the discharges of many industries (agricultural chemical and ceramic)

Fucecchio

In this picture we can remark the high pollution shown also by the colour of the water

Santa Croce sull’Arno

In this area the Arno river is contaminated by the wastewater of numerous tanneries. In fact this is known as the Tannery

District

Pontedera

Our river meets here another type of pollution, the civil pollution, which

combines with the industrial one.

Pisa

In our town the river is very polluted. Analysis and data collected in September have shown that the river has

a very high pollution rate

Mouth of the Arno river

A strong

microbiological

pollution has

been found here

because of

inadequate

wastewater

treatment plants

Class 2A