Stairway to the Aqua Virgo Aqueduct
Through the adduction process, water flows towards urban centres via a complex network system. In this stage of the water supply chain, Acea Acqua conveys drinking water from natural springs to storage tanks, helping ensure continuity, quality, and safety to millions of citizens.
We connect abstraction pipelines to storage tanks, before the distribution of the resource. We manage strategic pressurized pipelines over long distances, to supply Rome and numerous other municipalities across Lazio and beyond.
Stairway to the Aqua Virgo Aqueduct
Tunnel of the Aqua Virgo Aqueduct
Following the abstraction process, water is conveyed along large aqueducts to the main water facilities. From here, adduction pipelines, pressurized pipelines that extend across the area, deliver water to urban and inter-municipal storage tanks. Along this route, we ensure:
• effective flow management
• pressure balancing
• flow rate optimisation
It is a stage where hydraulic engineering and digital control work together to ensure water availability and manage water demand.
We manage the adduction system through a remote control centre that monitors flows in real time and regulates remotely controlled valves through automatic and manual logics.
In questo step fondamentale del servizio idrico, la componente tecnologica è centrale. Le reti che gestiamo sono installate su logiche di funzionamento automatizzate. I tecnici, dalla sala operativa, possono decidere in tempo reale come regolare i flussi, ottimizzando il servizio e prevenendo eventuali disservizi. Questa capacità di intervento anticipa le anomalie, adatta la pressione ai bisogni, garantisce acqua continua anche durante interventi straordinari o picchi di domanda, che variano durante la giornata.
In Rome, we manage more than 200 km of major adduction pipelines and over 40 strategic storage tanks, together with the pipelines serving neighboring municipalities such as Pomezia and Civitavecchia. Yet the role of adduction goes further. Through this stage of the water supply chain, we also support the infrastructure system of nine monumental fountains in the heart of the capital. We oversee the monitoring and management of an adduction plant, the Peschiera Aqueduct, one of the most complex in Italy, with the goal of ensuring the preservation of the water heritage entrusted to us.
Water adduction is also at the heart of major infrastructure and plant projects. We are commited to launching the project that involves doubling the Peschiera Aqueduct, an addution plant among the most strategic in Italy, to ensure the continous supply to the city of Rome.
Most of our pipelines operate by natural gravity: water flows without requiring additional energy, reducing consumption and environmental impact.
In the pressurised sections, we integrate systems to harness the fall of water and generate energy, improving the efficiency of adduction plants.
Through remote valves and remote control, we monitor the network in real-time to regulate pressure, prevent disruptions and reduce losses.
The fountains of Rome that we manage are equipped with recirculation and treatment plants, combining water efficiency with the cultural enhancement.