Overview
Tiszabecs Szennyviztisztito Telep is a secondary treatment plant serving Tiszacsécse, Hungary. It treats wastewater for about 2,426 people with a designed capacity of 2,773 m³/day.
Tiszabecs Szennyviztisztito Telep is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Tiszacsécse, in the Észak-Alföld region of Hungary. The plant serves a population of approximately 2,426 residents, classifying it as a small agglomeration under Hungarian and EU regulations. The facility provides secondary treatment, which is the standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for agglomerations of this size. The plant has a designed capacity of 2,773 m³/day and discharges an average volume of 285.98 m³/day of treated effluent. The treated wastewater is discharged into a local watercourse that ultimately drains into the Tisza River basin, a major tributary of the Danube. The plant plays a key role in protecting local water quality and the downstream aquatic environment in the Tisza River system.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into a local stream that flows into the Tisza River, which is part of the Danube River basin. The Tisza River supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in Central Europe. The plant's secondary treatment helps reduce nutrient and organic pollution, protecting downstream water quality and the sensitive floodplain ecosystems along the Tisza.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located in Tiszacsécse, in the Észak-Alföld region of Hungary, near the border with Ukraine.
The plant serves approximately 2,426 people, classifying it as a small agglomeration under EU regulations.
The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive for agglomerations of this size.
The treated effluent is discharged into a local watercourse that flows into the Tisza River, a major tributary of the Danube. The plant helps protect water quality in the Tisza basin.
As a Hungarian plant, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which mandates secondary treatment for agglomerations with a population equivalent over 2,000.
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