Overview
COUCOURON Bourg Laiteries is a secondary wastewater treatment plant in Coucouron, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. It serves a population of 5,560 and discharges treated wastewater into the local watershed.
COUCOURON Bourg Laiteries is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Coucouron, a commune in the Ardèche department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France. The plant serves a population of approximately 5,560 people, classifying it as a small to medium agglomeration under French and EU regulations. The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the minimum standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for freshwater discharges from agglomerations of this size. The designed capacity is 2,720 cubic meters per day, and the current discharge volume is about 992 cubic meters per day, indicating operational headroom. The treated effluent is discharged into the local watershed, which ultimately drains into the Loire River basin. The receiving water bodies support diverse aquatic life and are part of the regional ecological network. The plant plays a key role in protecting water quality in this rural area of the Ardèche.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into a small watercourse that flows into the Loire River, one of France's major rivers, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The local watershed supports sensitive aquatic habitats, including fish spawning grounds and riparian ecosystems. The secondary treatment provided helps reduce organic pollution and nutrient loads, protecting downstream water quality.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located in Coucouron, a commune in the Ardèche department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France. The address is Montmoulard, Coucouron.
The plant serves a population of approximately 5,560 people, making it a small to medium agglomeration under EU classification.
The plant provides secondary treatment before discharging the treated effluent into a local watercourse that flows into the Loire River basin.
As a French plant, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC, which requires secondary treatment for agglomerations of this size discharging into freshwater.
For agglomerations between 2,000 and 10,000 population equivalent, the EU directive mandates secondary treatment. French plants typically use activated sludge or biological filtration to meet this standard.
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