Overview
Club de Golf Las Cañadas is a secondary treatment plant serving 9,127 people in San Estéban, Jalisco, Mexico. It discharges 864 m³/day of treated wastewater into the local watershed.
Club de Golf Las Cañadas is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in San Estéban, within the municipality of Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. The plant serves a population of approximately 9,127 residents, placing it in the small-to-medium agglomeration category for Mexican wastewater infrastructure. The facility provides secondary treatment, which is the standard biological treatment level required under Mexican regulations (NOM-001-SEMARNAT) for municipal wastewater before discharge. The plant has a designed capacity of 864 m³/day and currently treats an equal volume, indicating full utilization of its capacity. The treated effluent is discharged into the local drainage network, which ultimately flows into the Santiago River basin. This river system is ecologically significant as it drains into the Pacific Ocean via the Rio Grande de Santiago, supporting diverse aquatic habitats and agricultural water use downstream.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into the Santiago River basin, which flows through Jalisco and into the Pacific Ocean. This watershed supports a variety of aquatic species and provides water for irrigation and domestic use. The region's semi-arid climate makes water quality management critical for maintaining ecological balance and human health.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located in San Estéban, a locality in the municipality of Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Its address is Los Mezquites, San Estéban, Zapopan, Jalisco.
The plant serves approximately 9,127 people, making it a small-to-medium sized facility in the Jalisco region.
The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard biological treatment required by Mexican regulations for municipal wastewater before discharge.
The plant operates under Mexico's NOM-001-SEMARNAT standard, which sets maximum permissible limits for pollutants in wastewater discharges. Secondary treatment is mandatory for municipal plants of this scale.
The plant discharges 864 cubic meters per day of treated wastewater into the local watershed, which flows into the Santiago River basin.
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