Soc.canottieri

Italy Lake 1 - Excellent

SOC.CANOTTIERI is a bathing area on Lake Sirio in Ivrea, Piedmont. The site features a large flat grassy area equipped with piers and has a notably steep lake bed. The beach is 60 metres wide. It is a private club offering refreshments, deck chairs, services, and pedalo and canoe rentals. Rowing activities also take place at the location.

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Water

Lake Sirio. The bathing area covers 0.49 km² and is located at 266 metres above sea level. The lake bed has a notably steep gradient.

Location

Ivrea, Piedmont, Italy. The competent authority is the Municipality of Ivrea, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele 1, 10015 Ivrea.

Facilities

Private club facilities including refreshment centre, deck chairs, services, piers, pedalo rental, and canoe rental.

Water Quality

Water quality classification: EXCELLENT. Classification based on 18 routine samples from 2020–2023. Escherichia coli: 90th percentile 43.9 MPN/100 ml, 95th percentile 87.0 MPN/100 ml. Enterococci: 90th percentile 32.9 MPN/100 ml, 95th percentile 60.8 MPN/100 ml. The bathing water is in a low-impact zone determined by a class II sewerage system. No authorised direct discharges exist. Unauthorised discharges from individual buildings via small tributaries cannot be entirely ruled out. Pollution can occur from malfunction of sewerage pumping stations.

Risks

Potential cyanobacteria proliferation due to strong water eutrophication. Over four years, 15 cyanobacteria samples were analysed; 4 showed density ≥20,000 cells/ml. Short-duration pollution events can result from sewerage pump failures with emergency overflow activation or sewerage pipe blockage with material backflow from inspection shafts. No toxic effects have been reported. Phytoplankton proliferation other than cyanobacteria occurs normally but no algal taxa pose toxicity concerns.