Gruppo CAP (Italy)

The CAP group was founded in 1928 when the Municipalities of Paderno Dugnano, Limbiate, Cusano Milanino and Cormano constitute an institution for the construction of the aqueducts: the Consortium for Drinking Water was born to the Municipalities of the Seveso basin. In 1932 the first company transformation was approved, which gives life to the Consortium for Drinking Water to the Municipalities of the Province of Milan. In the following decades, around 200 Municipalities decided to entrust the construction and management of their aqueducts to the new Authority.
In the 80s, in the face of problems related to environmental pollution due to economic development, CAP creates "Fabbriche dell'Acqua", systems for sharing resources through the connection of municipal aqueducts with the construction of power plants capable of serve more Municipalities, and in parallel with Peschiera Borromeo, CAP builds the first sewage treatment plant for waste water.
The 2000s mark a period of rapid transformation transformations.
From 2013 to today, the CAP Group is the sole operator of the water service in the province of Milan and is involved in various municipalities in the provinces of Monza and Brianza, Pavia, Como and Varese, thus serving 2.5 million citizens.
Over the past three years, CAP has involved over 20,000 students, from nursery schools to high school students, in projects related to water and to the conscious use of water resources. Through digital tools, interactive laboratories, theatrical representations and many other proposals, the CAP Group has promoted the use of tap water in schools, so much so that today almost 90% of schools in the province of Milan serve tap water in the canteen.