Villa Victoria Wastewater Treatment Plant - Doctor Gustavo Baz, Estado de México

Villa Victoria is a wastewater treatment plant located in Doctor Gustavo Baz, within the municipality of Villa Victoria, Estado de México, Mexico. The plant serves a small community of 2,738 people, providing secondary treatment to manage local wastewater. It operates as part of Mexico's municipal wastewater infrastructure, which is regulated under national water quality standards (NOM-001-SEMARNAT-1996) that set discharge limits for pollutants. The plant has a designed capacity of 432.00 m³/day and currently discharges 259.20 m³/day of treated effluent. As a secondary treatment facility, it removes organic matter and suspended solids through biological processes, meeting the basic treatment requirements for inland discharge. For small agglomerations like this, secondary treatment is typically sufficient to protect local water bodies. The treated effluent likely discharges into a local stream or river that drains into the Lerma River basin, which flows into Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest freshwater lake. The Lerma-Chapala basin is ecologically significant, supporting diverse aquatic life and providing water for agriculture and human consumption. Proper treatment at Villa Victoria helps reduce nutrient and pathogen loads, protecting downstream water quality and ecosystem health.

The plant's treated effluent likely enters a tributary of the Lerma River, which flows into Lake Chapala, a critical freshwater resource in central Mexico. The Lerma-Chapala basin supports a variety of fish species and migratory birds, and its water is used for irrigation and drinking water supply. Secondary treatment at Villa Victoria reduces organic pollution and pathogens, helping to maintain the ecological balance of this important watershed.