• consumo energetico
• desalination
• energy recovery
• Porto Santo Stefano
• seawater
• dissalatore
• dissalazione
• osmosi inversa
• reverse osmosis
• ambiente
• cuneo salino
• impianto
• intrusione
• plant
• S. Stefano
• salinizzazione
• idrico

Ever since the sixties water provision has been orientated towards the use of groundwater, taking too much water from aquifers which was incompatible with its natural recharge capacity.
In this thesis we will resolve the problem of water provision in Porto S. Stefano, the most important seaside resort on the Costa d’Argento in Grosseto (Tuscany).
We drafted a reverse osmosis desalination plant capable of producing 3600 cubic meters per day from seawater.
In this way the desalination of the seawater would allow a reduction in the amount taken from the acquifers with significant benefits to the environment.