Kaba Szennyviztisztito Telep - Advanced Wastewater Treatment in Kaba, Hungary

Kaba Szennyviztisztito Telep is an advanced wastewater treatment facility located in Kaba, a town in the Hajdú-Bihar county of Hungary's Észak-Alföld region. The plant serves a population of approximately 3,500 residents, providing essential sanitation services for this community in the Great Plain area. As an advanced treatment plant, it goes beyond secondary treatment to remove nutrients and other pollutants, meeting stringent effluent standards. The plant has a designed capacity of 139.00 cubic meters per day and currently discharges 412.59 cubic meters per day. Under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), agglomerations of this size are required to provide secondary treatment, and the advanced level here indicates compliance with more rigorous requirements for sensitive areas. The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that drain into the Tisza River basin, ultimately reaching the Danube River and the Black Sea. The plant plays a key role in protecting the region's groundwater and surface water quality, supporting agricultural and ecological health in the surrounding lowland landscape.

The plant's discharge enters local streams that flow into the Tisza River, a major tributary of the Danube. The Tisza basin supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in Central Europe. Advanced treatment helps reduce nutrient loading, protecting downstream water bodies from eutrophication and preserving biodiversity in this agriculturally intensive region.