Tap water

The waters intended for human consumption
from the spring to the tap
Gran Sasso Acqua S.p.A. Legal Headquarters Viale F. Crispi, 5 - 67100 L’AQUILA.
Business Register AQ 4659 – R.E.A. CCIAA AQ 83953 – VAT and Tax Code 00083530668 Tel.+39 0862.4021 Fax +39 0862.65990
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Water is an essential good for life, abundant, but not inexhaustible (less than one
percent of the water present in nature can be used) and must therefore be protected. It is the "prince"
beverage, the healthiest, the best for the health of the body, thanks to its mineral content,
it helps to replenish and provide the body with the salts that each of us needs.
Not all waters are the same: each has specific and different characteristics that depend on the
type of salts dissolved in it.
All drinking waters contain salts present in different concentrations, the law considers
"mineral" only those that originate from an underground aquifer, have specific hygienic
characteristics (microbiologically pure) and properties favourable to health.
Drinking waters that arrive at the home tap can be drawn from lakes, rivers or surface
aquifers and may be subjected to treatments (for example, the addition of chlorine).
The quality of the waters
The current Italian law imposes on supplying companies the maintenance of precise quality parameters for the water distributed in the network. In particular, Legislative Decree 2 February 2001, n. 31, subsequently
amended by Legislative Decree 2 February 2002, n. 27, in implementation of Directive 98/83/EC regulates the
quality of waters intended for human consumption, in order to protect health from the negative effects
deriving from water contamination, thus ensuring its safety and cleanliness» (art. 1).
Gran Sasso Acqua S.p.A.
extracts drinking water directly from 31 springs among natural springs and wells, located
within the optimal territorial area (ATO) managed, and distributes it to about 54,000 users
(115,000 inhabitants served) through a complex network of supply and distribution over
1,860 kilometres long. In a calendar year, it is estimated that a water volume of over 9,500,000 m3
is supplied. The
laboratory for chemical and microbiological analysis performs constant checks on the quality of the waters
distributed, taking samples for analysis both directly from the springs and within the
distribution networks. The main chemical parameters are reported, detected for the sources of
water supply, for drinking use, most significant in the territory managed by Gran
Sasso Acqua spa.

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