Man and coexistence with water: a long history

The legend of the founding of Rome tells us that at the origin of the “eternal city” there was… a flood. It was in fact a flood of the Tiber—roughly 28 centuries ago—that carried the fateful basket containing Romulus and Remus to the Velabrum, the place where the two twins were found by the she-wolf, and so on.

This tells us—once again—that the sharing of a territory between human beings, populations, civilizations, and waters is a story several millennia old, something that has always accompanied our development on earth.
In ancient times, floods were considered “unmanageable” events.
The only remedy, therefore, was to retreat to high ground or hills (exactly what happened in Rome).
Later, as cities expanded and the number of citizens grew, the urban planning necessity arose to occupy even the areas closest to rivers: from this need, engineering works for land reclamation, regulation, and control were born.

Today, many indicators tell us that we have entered a new era, a new chapter for the coexistence between man and water: long phases of drought are, in fact, increasingly followed by “concentrated” rainfall loads, and protecting our cities and our homes from the risk of flooding has therefore become an even more important objective.
In this context, rainwater management—particularly its correct drainage—is a decisive element for our safety.