Overview
Gersekarat Szennyviztisztito Telep is an advanced wastewater treatment plant serving Telekes, Hungary. It treats wastewater for 604 residents with a designed capacity of 1,000 m³/day.
Gersekarat Szennyviztisztito Telep is a wastewater treatment facility located in Telekes, within the Vasvári district of Vas County in western Hungary. The plant serves a small population of 604 people, reflecting its role in a rural community in the Nyugat-Dunántúl region. The plant employs advanced treatment processes, ensuring a high level of effluent quality. With a designed capacity of 1,000 m³/day and a current discharge volume of 71.20 m³/day, the facility operates well below its capacity. As a Hungarian plant, it operates under national regulations that transpose the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires appropriate treatment for agglomerations of this size. The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that ultimately drain into the Rába River, a tributary of the Danube. The Danube flows into the Black Sea, making this plant part of a vast international watershed. The advanced treatment helps protect downstream aquatic ecosystems and water quality in the region.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into small streams that feed the Rába River, which flows into the Danube and eventually the Black Sea. The surrounding area is part of the Transdanubian region, characterized by agricultural land and small settlements. The advanced treatment level ensures minimal nutrient and pollutant loading, supporting the ecological health of the Rába and Danube basins, which host diverse aquatic life and are important for regional biodiversity.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located in Telekes, a village in the Vasvári district of Vas County, in the Nyugat-Dunántúl region of western Hungary.
The plant serves a population of 604 people, typical for a small rural agglomeration in Hungary.
The plant provides advanced treatment, which goes beyond secondary treatment to remove nutrients and other pollutants, ensuring high-quality effluent.
As a Hungarian plant, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC). For small agglomerations like this, appropriate treatment is required, and advanced treatment meets the directive's standards for sensitive areas.
The plant has a designed capacity of 1,000 m³ per day, with a current discharge volume of 71.20 m³ per day, indicating significant spare capacity.
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