Overview
Szamosszeg Szennyviztisztito Telep is a secondary treatment plant serving 2,140 people in Szamosszeg, Hungary. It discharges 252.27 m³/day of treated wastewater into local waterways.
Szamosszeg Szennyviztisztito Telep is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Szamosszeg, a village in the Észak-Alföld region of Hungary. The plant serves a population of 2,140, classifying it as a small agglomeration under Hungarian and EU regulations. The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for discharges into freshwater bodies from settlements of this size. The designed capacity is 1,900 m³/day, and the current discharge volume is 252.27 m³/day, indicating ample reserve capacity. The treated effluent is discharged into local surface waters that drain into the Tisza River basin, part of the larger Danube River system. This watershed supports diverse aquatic life and is important for regional water quality and flood management.
Environmental context
The plant's discharge enters small streams in the Tisza River basin, which flows into the Danube and ultimately the Black Sea. The region's flat terrain and agricultural land use make nutrient removal important to prevent eutrophication in downstream water bodies. The Tisza River supports a variety of fish species and is a key ecological corridor in Central Europe.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located in Szamosszeg, a village in the Mátészalka district of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Észak-Alföld region of Hungary.
The plant serves a population of 2,140, making it a small agglomeration under EU classification.
The treated effluent is discharged into local surface waters that are part of the Tisza River basin, which flows into the Danube River and ultimately the Black Sea.
The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the minimum required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive for discharges into freshwater from agglomerations of this size.
As a Hungarian plant, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which mandates secondary treatment for settlements with a population equivalent above 2,000 discharging into freshwater.
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