Overview
Kam Szennyviztisztito Telep is a secondary wastewater treatment plant in Kisunyom, Hungary, serving 395 people. It discharges treated water into the local watershed in the Nyugat-Dunántúl region.
Kam Szennyviztisztito Telep is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Kisunyom, a village in the Szombathelyi district of Vas county, Hungary. The plant serves a small population of 395 residents and operates under Hungary's implementation of the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires secondary treatment for agglomerations of this size. The plant has a designed capacity of 472 cubic meters per day and currently discharges an average of 46.56 cubic meters per day of treated wastewater. As a secondary treatment facility, it provides biological treatment to reduce organic matter and suspended solids, meeting the standards set by Hungarian regulations for small communities. The treated effluent is released into the local water network, which ultimately drains into the Rába River, a tributary of the Danube. The Danube then flows into the Black Sea. The plant plays a key role in protecting the region's water quality, supporting aquatic life in the Rába and Danube basins.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into the local watershed within the Rába River basin, which flows into the Danube River and eventually reaches the Black Sea. The Rába supports diverse aquatic ecosystems, including fish populations and riparian habitats. The plant's secondary treatment helps reduce nutrient and organic pollution, safeguarding downstream water quality in this ecologically sensitive region.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located in Kisunyom, a village in the Szombathelyi district of Vas county, in the Nyugat-Dunántúl region of Hungary.
The plant serves a population of 395 people, making it a small-scale municipal wastewater treatment facility.
The treated wastewater is discharged into the local water network, which flows into the Rába River, a tributary of the Danube, and ultimately reaches the Black Sea.
The plant provides secondary treatment, which includes biological processes to reduce organic matter and suspended solids, meeting EU standards for small agglomerations.
As a Hungarian facility, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires secondary treatment for agglomerations with a population equivalent above 2,000. For smaller communities like this, national regulations ensure appropriate treatment to protect water quality.
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