Overview
Chichiquila wastewater treatment plant in Puebla, Mexico, serves 3,833 people with secondary treatment. It discharges 362.88 m³/day of treated wastewater, with a designed capacity of 432.00 m³/day.
Chichiquila is a wastewater treatment plant located in the town of Chichiquila, Puebla, Mexico. It serves a population of 3,833 residents, making it a small-scale municipal facility in the mountainous region of central Mexico. The plant is situated on Avenida Teziutlán in the San José neighborhood. The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard biological process for removing organic matter and suspended solids. It has a designed capacity of 432.00 m³/day and currently treats 362.88 m³/day of wastewater. As a Mexican facility, it operates under the national water quality regulations enforced by CONAGUA (Comisión Nacional del Agua), which mandate treatment standards for municipal discharges. The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that drain into the Gulf of Mexico via the Papaloapan River basin. The surrounding region is ecologically diverse, with cloud forests and agricultural lands. Proper treatment helps protect downstream water quality and aquatic habitats in this sensitive tropical watershed.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into local streams that feed the Papaloapan River, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico. This watershed supports diverse freshwater and coastal ecosystems, including mangrove forests and estuaries. The region's high rainfall and steep terrain make water quality management critical for preventing erosion and nutrient pollution downstream.
Frequently asked questions
Chichiquila wastewater treatment plant is located on Avenida Teziutlán in the San José neighborhood of Chichiquila, Puebla, Mexico.
The plant serves a population of 3,833 people in the town of Chichiquila and surrounding areas.
The treated wastewater is discharged into local streams that eventually flow into the Papaloapan River and then to the Gulf of Mexico.
Chichiquila provides secondary treatment, which uses biological processes to remove organic matter and suspended solids from wastewater.
As a Mexican municipal plant, it operates under CONAGUA regulations, which set discharge standards for wastewater treatment facilities to protect water quality.
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