Overview
Kondoros Szennyviztisztito Telep is an advanced wastewater treatment plant serving Kondoros, Hungary. It treats wastewater for approximately 2,138 residents with a designed capacity of 4,794 m³/day.
Kondoros Szennyviztisztito Telep is an advanced wastewater treatment facility located in Kondoros, within the Dél-Alföld region of Hungary. The plant serves a population of approximately 2,138 people, reflecting its role in managing municipal wastewater for this small agglomeration in the Southern Great Plain. The plant employs advanced treatment processes, which go beyond the secondary treatment standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for agglomerations of this size. With a designed capacity of 4,794 m³/day and a current discharge volume of 252.03 m³/day, the facility operates well within its capacity, ensuring effective treatment of incoming wastewater. The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that ultimately drain into the Tisza River basin, a major tributary of the Danube. The plant's advanced treatment helps protect downstream aquatic ecosystems and supports water quality in the region's surface waters, which are important for agriculture and biodiversity in the Alföld plain.
Environmental context
The plant discharges treated wastewater into local streams that flow into the Tisza River, a major tributary of the Danube River. The Tisza basin supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in Central Europe. Advanced treatment at this plant helps reduce nutrient loads, protecting downstream water quality in the Tisza and ultimately the Danube Delta.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located in Kondoros, in the Dél-Alföld region of Hungary, within the Szarvasi district of Békés county.
The plant serves approximately 2,138 residents, making it a small-scale municipal wastewater treatment facility.
The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that flow into the Tisza River basin, which ultimately drains into the Danube River.
The plant provides advanced treatment, which exceeds the secondary treatment standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive for agglomerations of this size.
As a Hungarian facility, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which mandates secondary treatment for agglomerations over 2,000 population equivalent, with advanced treatment required in sensitive areas.
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