Overview
ROWP Varfu Campului is a secondary treatment plant serving 1,184 people in Maghera, Romania. It discharges 266.59 m³/day of treated wastewater into the local watershed.
ROWP Varfu Campului is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Maghera, Vârfu Câmpului, Botoșani County, Romania. The plant serves a small agglomeration of 1,184 residents, reflecting its role in rural sanitation infrastructure in northeastern Romania. The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard biological treatment stage required under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for agglomerations of this size. The designed capacity of 4,000 m³/day indicates the plant was built with headroom for future growth, while current discharge volume is 266.59 m³/day. The treated effluent is discharged into a local watercourse that ultimately drains into the Prut River basin, a major tributary of the Danube. The Danube then flows into the Black Sea, making this plant part of a transboundary river system that supports diverse aquatic ecosystems and agricultural water use downstream.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into a tributary of the Prut River, which flows into the Danube and then the Black Sea. The Prut basin supports a mix of agricultural and natural landscapes, with wetlands and floodplains that provide habitat for fish and migratory birds. The Black Sea is a semi-enclosed sea with sensitive marine ecosystems, making nutrient and pollutant control from inland plants important for coastal water quality.
Frequently asked questions
ROWP Varfu Campului is located at Strada Morișcă, Maghera, Vârfu Câmpului, Botoșani County, Romania.
The plant serves a population of 1,184 residents in the Maghera area.
The plant discharges treated effluent into a local watercourse that feeds into the Prut River basin, ultimately reaching the Danube and the Black Sea.
The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the minimum required under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive for agglomerations of this size.
Romania, as an EU member state, implements the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC). Plants serving under 2,000 people like this one must provide appropriate treatment, typically secondary, to protect receiving waters.
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