THE BARAGGIA CONSORTIUM
The Reclamation Consortium is a public utility company that operates in the Baraggia Biella and Vercelli area, in Piedmont, to facilitate its growth and competitiveness, increasing its hydrogeological safety and preserving and developing the primary infrastructures.
Among the activities and services performed, the Baraggia Biella and Vercelli area Reclamation Consortium carries out and manages irrigation and land defence works, among which there is a dense network of channels that functions both to bring water to the cultivated lands and move rainwater away from the residential areas and roads even during the most extreme weather events.