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.
The Reclamation Consortium is responsible for protecting and safeguarding the environment as an ecosystem, without neglecting the enhancement of agricultural production, in particular the DOP Riso di Baraggia Biellese e Vercellese, the only Italian PDO rice. From the Ostola, Ravasanella and Ingagna reservoirs, the Consortium guarantees the water supply, for irrigation and drinking, of a vast territory in the provinces of Biella and Vercelli.
Through the activities to promote the Baraggia Biellese and Vercellese territory, which is rich in historical, artistic and naturalistic sites, the Consortium completes its economic, agricultural and tourist development activities.
Ravasanella dam
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