Overview
Cieneguilla wastewater treatment plant serves 1,520 people in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The facility provides secondary treatment and discharges 172.80 cubic meters of treated wastewater daily.
Cieneguilla wastewater treatment plant is located in the municipality of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico. It serves a small population of 1,520 residents, providing essential sanitation services for the local community. The plant operates with secondary treatment, which is the standard biological treatment required under Mexican regulations (NOM-001-SEMARNAT-1996) for municipal wastewater. The facility has a designed capacity of 259.20 cubic meters per day and currently treats 172.80 cubic meters per day, indicating it operates below its full capacity. The treated effluent is discharged into the local watershed, which ultimately drains into the Rio Verde basin and flows towards the Pacific Ocean. The plant plays a key role in protecting downstream water quality and supporting the ecological health of the region's water resources.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into the Rio Verde basin, part of the Lerma-Santiago-Pacific hydrological system. This watershed supports diverse aquatic life and provides water for agricultural and urban uses downstream. Proper treatment helps reduce nutrient and pathogen loads, protecting the ecological balance of the receiving waters.
Frequently asked questions
Cieneguilla wastewater treatment plant is located in the municipality of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico, at Calle Independencia.
Cieneguilla WWTP serves a population of 1,520 people in the Aguascalientes area.
The plant discharges treated effluent into the local watershed, which flows into the Rio Verde basin and ultimately to the Pacific Ocean.
Cieneguilla provides secondary treatment, which is the standard biological treatment required for municipal wastewater under Mexican regulations.
The plant operates under Mexican standard NOM-001-SEMARNAT-1996, which sets maximum permissible limits for pollutants in wastewater discharges to national waters.
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