Guangdong Wastewater Treatment Plant, Maonan District, Maoming, Guangdong, China

The Guangdong wastewater treatment plant is located in Gaoshan Town, Maonan District, Maoming City, Guangdong Province, China. It serves a population of approximately 620,000, classifying it as a large-scale municipal facility within the region's urban wastewater infrastructure. The plant operates under China's national wastewater discharge standards, which mandate secondary treatment for urban facilities of this scale. The designed capacity is recorded as 1.00, though the unit is unspecified, indicating the plant's intended scale for handling municipal wastewater. The plant discharges treated effluent into local waterways that ultimately drain into the South China Sea via the regional river network. As part of Guangdong's densely populated and industrialized Pearl River Delta region, the facility plays a critical role in protecting downstream aquatic ecosystems and supporting water quality in the coastal environment.

The plant's treated effluent flows into the local river system within the Pearl River basin, which drains into the South China Sea. This coastal region supports diverse marine life and is ecologically sensitive due to urban and industrial runoff. The facility's operations help mitigate nutrient loading and pollution in downstream waters, contributing to the health of mangrove habitats and estuarine ecosystems along the Guangdong coast.