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De Feo Giovanni Università degli Studi di Salerno Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale Gli antichi acquedotti romani e alcune meraviglie dell’ Aqua Augusta di Serino Giovanni De Feo www.greenopoli.it UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO - ITALY www.unisa.it Department of Civil Engineering www.unisa.diciv.it Groundwater Recharge in an Endoreic Basin with Reclaimed Municipal Wastewater Giovanni De Feo Wastewater Reclamation & Reuse for Sustainability Nov. 8-11.2005 / Ramada Plaza, Jeju, Korea La Piana del Dragone Volturara Irpina (Av) Dr. Andreas N. Angelakis Honorary Member of IWA Fellow IWA Past President of EUREAU Chairperson of IWA-WWAC SG on Water and Wastewater in Ancient Civilizations Iraklion, Hellas. Ottaviano De Biase Poeta, storico locale, “marinaio di montagna” UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO - ITALY www.unisa.it Department of Civil Engineering www.unisa.diciv.it Historical Development of the Augustan Aqueduct in Southern Italy: Twenty Centuries of Works from SERINO to NAPLES Giovanni DE FEO Via Ferrari, 14 83028 SERINO (AV) EU, FAO, UNESCO, EUREAU, Assoc. of Greek Municipalities IWA Specialty Conference: 1 st International Symposium on Water and Wastewater Technologies in Ancient Civilizations October 28-30, 2006 - Heraklion (Iraklio), Crete, Greece Specialist Group on Water and Wastewater in Ancient Civilizations http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090502052213/timemachine/images/4/45/The_Time_Machine.jpg Università degli Studi di Salerno Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile www.unisa.it www.unisa.diciv.it Sviluppo Storico dell’Acquedotto Augusteo in Campania: Venti Secoli di Lavori tra SERINO e NAPOLI Giovanni DE FEO A.N.M.I. Associazione Nazionale Marinai d’Italia per la Campania Presenta il volume L’Acqua del Serino - Sorgenti e Acquedotti di Ottaviano De Biase CIRCOLO UFFICIALI DELLA MARINA MILITARE DI NAPOLI Sabato 11 novembre, ore 17.30 Perché i Romani costruivano acquedotti? ° In generale, non per fornire acqua potabile e per motivi igienici: per rifornire le terme (Hodge, 2002) o per scopi militari . ° Altri scopi (Hodge, 2002; Tolle-Kastenbein, 2005): fontane pubbliche e decorative, abitazioni private, giardini, giochi acquatici, mulini, etc. L’immagine “comune” di un acquedotto romano… Componenti di un acquedotto romano 123456 7 891110 (1) fonte ( caput aquae ); (2) sfiatatoi verticali ( putei ); (3) vasca di sedimentazione (piscina limaria ); (4) galleria; (5) trincea coperta; (6) ponte canale; (7) sifone rovescio; (8) sovrastruttura ( substrutium ); (9) arcata ( arcuationes ); (10) bacino di distribuzione (castellum aquae divisorium ); (11) rete idrica interna (fistulae cittadine ). Componenti di un acquedotto romano 123456 7 891110 (1) fonte ( caput aquae ); (2) sfiatatoi verticali ( putei ); (3) vasca di sedimentazione (piscina limaria ); (4) galleria; (5) trincea coperta; (6) ponte canale; (7) sifone rovescio; (8) sovrastruttura ( substrutium ); (9) arcata ( arcuationes ); (10) bacino di distribuzione (castellum aquae divisorium ); (11) rete idrica interna (fistulae cittadine ). Componenti di un acquedotto romano 123456 7 891110 (1) fonte ( caput aquae ); (2) sfiatatoi verticali ( putei ); (3) vasca di sedimentazione (piscina limaria ); (4) galleria; (5) trincea coperta; (6) ponte canale; (7) sifone rovescio; (8) sovrastruttura ( substrutium ); (9) arcata ( arcuationes ); (10) bacino di distribuzione (castellum aquae divisorium ); (11) rete idrica interna (fistulae cittadine ). Componenti di un acquedotto romano 123456 7 891110 (1) fonte ( caput aquae ); (2) sfiatatoi verticali ( putei ); (3) vasca di sedimentazione (piscina limaria ); (4) galleria; (5) trincea coperta; (6) ponte canale; (7) sifone rovescio; (8) sovrastruttura ( substrutium ); (9) arcata ( arcuationes ); (10) bacino di distribuzione (castellum aquae divisorium ); (11) rete idrica interna (fistulae cittadine ). Componenti di un acquedotto romano 123456 7 891110 (1) fonte ( caput aquae ); (2) sfiatatoi verticali ( putei ); (3) vasca di sedimentazione (piscina limaria ); (4) galleria; (5) trincea coperta; (6) ponte canale; (7) sifone rovescio; (8) sovrastruttura ( substrutium ); (9) arcata ( arcuationes ); (10) bacino di distribuzione (castellum aquae divisorium ); (11) rete idrica interna (fistulae cittadine ). Componenti di un acquedotto romano 123456 7 891110 (1) fonte ( caput aquae ); (2) sfiatatoi verticali ( putei ); (3) vasca di sedimentazione (piscina limaria ); (4) galleria; (5) trincea coperta; (6) ponte canale; (7) sifone rovescio; (8) sovrastruttura ( substrutium ); (9) arcata ( arcuationes ); (10) bacino di distribuzione (castellum aquae divisorium ); (11) rete idrica interna (fistulae cittadine ). Componenti di un acquedotto romano 123456 7 891110 (1) fonte ( caput aquae ); (2) sfiatatoi verticali ( putei ); (3) vasca di sedimentazione (piscina limaria ); (4) galleria; (5) trincea coperta; (6) ponte canale; (7) sifone rovescio; (8) sovrastruttura ( substrutium ); (9) arcata ( arcuationes ); (10) bacino di distribuzione (castellum aquae divisorium ); (11) rete idrica interna (fistulae cittadine ). Componenti di un acquedotto romano 123456 7 891110 (1) fonte ( caput aquae ); (2) sfiatatoi verticali ( putei ); (3) vasca di sedimentazione (piscina limaria ); (4) galleria; (5) trincea coperta; (6) ponte canale; (7) sifone rovescio; (8) sovrastruttura ( substrutium ); (9) arcata ( arcuationes ); (10) bacino di distribuzione (castellum aquae divisorium ); (11) rete idrica interna (fistulae cittadine ). Componenti di un acquedotto romano 123456 7 891110 (1) fonte ( caput aquae ); (2) sfiatatoi verticali ( putei ); (3) vasca di sedimentazione (piscina limaria ); (4) galleria; (5) trincea coperta; (6) ponte canale; (7) sifone rovescio; (8) sovrastruttura ( substrutium ); (9) arcata ( arcuationes ); (10) bacino di distribuzione (castellum aquae divisorium ); (11) rete idrica interna (fistulae cittadine ). Componenti di un acquedotto romano 123456 7 891110 (1) fonte ( caput aquae ); (2) sfiatatoi verticali ( putei ); (3) vasca di sedimentazione (piscina limaria ); (4) galleria; (5) trincea coperta; (6) ponte canale; (7) sifone rovescio; (8) sovrastruttura ( substrutium ); (9) arcata ( arcuationes ); (10) bacino di distribuzione (castellum aquae divisorium ); (11) rete idrica interna (fistulae cittadine ). Acquedotti di R O M A ° Aqua Appia: primo acquedotto costruito a ROMA nel 312 a.C. ° Era interamente sotterraneo per una lunghezza totale di 16,561 km (Panimolle, 1984). Acquedotti di R O M A ° Nei 500 anni successivi, furono costruiti altri 10 acquedotti. ° L’ultimo grande acquedotto costruito a ROMA fu l’ Aqua Alexandrina con una lunghezza di 22 km (De Feo et al., 2011). Aqua Alexandrina Via di Tor Pignattara http://www.romanaqueducts.info/aquasite/foto/P5310115.jpg Acquedotti di R O M A ° Gli 11 acquedotti di Epoca Imperiale avevano una portata totale di 1,13 milioni m3 di acqua al giorno e una lunghezza totale di più di 500 km (Bono and Boni, 1996). Aqua Appia Aqua Anio Vetus Aqua Marcia Aqua Tepula Aqua Julia Aqua Virgo Aqua Alsietina Aqua Claudia Aqua Anio Novus Aqua Alexandrina Aqua Traiana http://www.romanaqueducts.info Acquedotti di R O M A ° In media, l’ 87% della lunghezza del sistema acquedottistico di ROMA di epoca imperiale era sotterraneo (De Feo et al., 2011). L’Acquedotto Augusteo Serino-Napoli -Miseno Miseno Napoli Serino Serino: il caput aquae Il massiccio carbonatico “Terminio-Tuoro” ACQUEDOTTO Sorgente SANNITICO Urciuoli (324 m) ACQUEDOTTO Piana del Dragone AUGUSTEO Caput Aquae Sorgente Acquaro-Pelosi Calore (376 m) Sabato L’acqua del Terminio Il massiccio carbonatico “Terminio-Tuoro” ACQUEDOTTO DI NAPOLI (2000 L/s) Piana del Sorgente Dragone Urciuoli (324 m) Sorgente Acquaro-Pelosi (376 m) Calore Sabato L’acqua del Terminio Il massiccio carbonatico “Terminio-Tuoro” Comune di Serino Pro Loco Serino www.greenopoli.it L’Acquedotto Augusteo Serino-Napoli-Miseno Prof. Ing. Giovanni De Feo , Università degli Studi di Salerno CONVEGNO L’ACQUA DI SERINO NELLA STORIA Sabato 18 Aprile 2009, ore 18:00 - Biblioteca Comunale prof. padre Floro di Zenzo, Serino (AV) Duncan Keenan-Jones Research Associate at The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K University of Sydney, Macquarie University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Pompei http://www.vesuvioinrete.it/public/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/vesuvio.jpg Il Sistema idrico di Pompei Castellum Section A-A Castellum divisorium secondarium Section B-B A A B B Baths and theatres Public fountains Private houses Capuan Nola gate Regio IV Regio V gate Vesuvian Baths and Private Regio III theatres houses gate Sarnus Public gate fountains Regio VI Regio II Villas and Sepolcri Herculaneum gate Nuceria Regio VII gate N castellum aqueduct Regio I divisorium Marina gate Regio VIII Stabian head castellum 18m secondarium gate fountain head 50 0 50 100 6m Castellum secondarium Pompei: distribuzione dell’acqua Acquedotto castellum divisorium carico castellum 18m secondarium carico 6m Pompei: castellum divisorium Pompei: castellum divisorium Ai Bagni e Alle Case ai Teatri Alle Fontane Private Pubbliche Pompei: castellum divisorium Pompei: castellum divisorium Alle Case Private Alle Fontane Pubbliche Ai Bagni e ai Teatri Pompei: castellum divisorium Canale da Serino Alle Fontane Pubbliche Pompei: castellum secondarium UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO - ITALY Department of Civil Engineering www.unisa.diciv.it The Greatest Water Reservoirs in the Ancient Roman World and the “Piscina Mirabiliis” in Misenum G. De Feo, S. De Gisi, C. Malvano, O. De Biase IWA Specialty Conference: 2 nd International Symposium on Water and Wastewater Technologies
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