Executive design and execution of a crossbar over Rio Salso Stream

Using Rio Salso Stream basin flows as a water resource in irrigating the area on the left bank of the Ofanto River was ensured by building a crossbar in Casale Piscioli in the fields outside Candela to pipe some 4.2 million cubic meters of water into the Marana Capacciotti Reservoir and the Canestrello treatment plant for immediate use in irrigating the area above.

Location: Candela (FG)
Function: Hydraulic works
Client: Capitanata Reclamation Consortium
Contract value: € 7,5 million euros
Completion: 2011
Highlights: 5.7 km of pressurized pipeline of 1.2 m diameter