Londerzeel Wastewater Treatment Plant - Serving 9,700 People in Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

The Londerzeel wastewater treatment plant is located in the municipality of Londerzeel, within the province of Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. It serves a population of approximately 9,700 people, classifying it as a small to medium agglomeration under EU regulations. As a Belgian plant, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC, which requires secondary treatment for agglomerations with a population equivalent between 2,000 and 10,000 discharging into freshwater. The plant's designed capacity is 1.00 (likely in thousands of cubic meters per day or similar units), indicating its scale. The plant discharges treated wastewater into local water bodies that ultimately drain into the Scheldt River basin, which flows through Belgium and the Netherlands into the North Sea. This contributes to the protection of downstream aquatic ecosystems and the North Sea marine environment.

The Londerzeel plant discharges into the Scheldt River basin, which flows through Flanders and into the Netherlands before reaching the North Sea. The Scheldt estuary is an ecologically important area supporting diverse aquatic life and migratory bird populations. The plant's treatment helps reduce nutrient and pollutant loads entering this sensitive downstream environment.