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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
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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
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San Giovanni Valdarno
From here the Arno begins to be affected by zootechnical pollution from the Valdichiana area
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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.
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Empoli
In this town the river is polluted by the discharges of many industries (agricultural chemical and ceramic)
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Fucecchio
In this picture we can remark the high pollution shown also by the colour of the water
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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
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Pontedera
Our river meets here another type of pollution, the civil pollution, which
combines with the industrial one.
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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
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Mouth of the Arno river
A strong
microbiological
pollution has
been found here
because of
inadequate
wastewater
treatment plants
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