Cinco de Mayo Wastewater Treatment Plant, Gómez Farías, Tamaulipas

The Cinco de Mayo wastewater treatment plant is located in Gómez Farías, Tamaulipas, Mexico, serving a small population of 1,582 residents. The facility provides secondary treatment, a standard level for communities of this size in Mexico, ensuring basic removal of organic matter and suspended solids before discharge. The plant has a designed capacity of 604.80 m³/day and currently treats 203.04 m³/day, indicating operational headroom. As a Mexican municipal plant, it operates under national water quality regulations (NOM-001-SEMARNAT-1996 and subsequent updates), which set discharge limits for pollutants into receiving waters. The treated effluent likely discharges into local watercourses that drain toward the Gulf of Mexico, given Tamaulipas' eastern coastal location. The plant plays a key role in protecting downstream aquatic ecosystems and public health in the region.

The plant is situated inland in Tamaulipas, with its discharge likely entering local streams that flow into the Gulf of Mexico. The region supports diverse aquatic life, including fish and migratory birds, and the plant's secondary treatment helps reduce nutrient and organic pollution that could otherwise contribute to eutrophication in coastal waters.