Po River District Basin Authority

The Po River District Basin Authority (Autorità di bacino distrettuale del fiume Po)—formerly the Po River Basin Authority (Autorità di bacino del fiume Po) and abbreviated AdbPo—is a statutory corporation responsible for the maintenance of the Po river and tributaries in Italy's sovereign territory. Established via decree on 18 May 1989, the public body is a basin authority sponsored by the Ministry of Ecological Transition. It was declared a basin authority on 25 October 2016 by the erstwhile Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea Protection.