Agenda 2030 goal 6: clean water

In line with the 2030 Agenda, Acea Group contributes with its investments to the achievement of six of these goals, including SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation for all, and places the protection of water resources at the core of its sustainability strategy. 

The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, signed in September 2015 by the Member States of the United Nations, is an action plan that defines 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by the year 2030 to ensure a better future for our planet and the people who inhabit it.

Acea is developing an ecosystem of digital services for the protection of water resources: Waidy.
The project involves the creation of integrated solutions ranging from the installation of IoT sensors (Waidy Connect) to the opening of digital contact points on the territory (Waidy Point).

Within this ecosystem, the Waidy Management System is the digital platform for optimising network management and rationalising water consumption. It enables the centralised monitoring of service continuity, control of network maintenance activities and management of water districts.

Finally, thanks to the company's in-house entrepreneurship programme Innovation Garage, the application Waidy Wow has been created with the aim of raising user awareness regarding responsible water consumption. Through its functions, it is possible to geolocalise the water points available to citizens and tourists - water houses, dispensers, artistic fountains, and drinking fountains - over the territory, monitor their hydration levels, encourage good practices and thus take care of a precious resource such as water.

Acea guarantees the quality of water starting from its collection from the environment, through drinking water processes and throughout its transport and distribution through the Group's companies, monitoring water quality with scheduled and constant analytical sampling. In 2022 alone, 1,538,299 checks were carried out to determine the quality of the water that reaches the users’ taps every day.

Acea is constantly working to reduce leakage through the installation of smart meters, flow and pressure meters, digital controls and sensors. Thanks to these technologies, it is possible to obtain more precise analysis data and consequently ensure continuous infrastructure optimisation work. 
Every year, water companies carry out inspection and remediation work on the networks to ensure that they are properly maintained and carry out intensive leakage detection, in particular through the methodology based on water districts. 

The resilience of the aqueduct system is crucial to ensure water supply also with a view to combating and adapting to climate change.
In this regard, Acea is carrying out medium- to long-term work on its infrastructure to optimise water management and the safety of its supply.

Of particular note, for example, are the planned and ongoing works on strategic infrastructure, such as the Marcio and Peschiera aqueducts.