Overview
Debert Sewage Treatment Plant in Lower Onslow, Nova Scotia, Canada, is a secondary treatment facility serving 720 people. It discharges 798.00 units of treated wastewater near the coast.
Debert Sewage Treatment Plant is located on MacElmon Road in Lower Onslow, within the Municipality of Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. This operational facility serves a small population of 720 residents, reflecting its role in a rural community. The plant provides secondary treatment, a standard level for smaller Canadian communities. Under Canada's Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations (WSER), secondary treatment is required to meet effluent quality standards, ensuring protection of receiving waters. The facility is situated within 10 km of the coast, indicating its discharge likely reaches the Atlantic Ocean via local waterways. The plant plays a key role in protecting downstream aquatic environments, including estuaries and coastal habitats that support diverse marine life.
Environmental context
The plant's treated effluent flows into local streams and rivers that drain into the Northumberland Strait, part of the Atlantic Ocean. This coastal region supports important fisheries and migratory bird populations. The secondary treatment process helps reduce nutrient loading and pathogens, safeguarding the ecological health of the downstream marine environment.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located on MacElmon Road in Lower Onslow, Municipality of Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The plant serves approximately 720 people in the Debert and Lower Onslow area.
The plant discharges treated effluent into local waterways that flow toward the Northumberland Strait and the Atlantic Ocean.
The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard required under Canada's Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations for plants of this scale.
As a Canadian facility, it operates under the federal Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations (WSER) and provincial Nova Scotia Environment regulations, which set effluent quality standards.
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