Overview
LA PESGA wastewater treatment plant serves the town of La Pesga in Extremadura, Spain. It provides secondary treatment for a population of 3,200, discharging 579.99 cubic meters of treated wastewater daily.
LA PESGA is a wastewater treatment plant located in La Pesga, a municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. The plant serves a population of approximately 3,200 residents, providing secondary treatment to meet the region's sanitation needs. Its designed capacity is 3,200 population equivalents, and it discharges an average of 579.99 cubic meters of treated effluent per day. As a secondary treatment facility, LA PESGA operates under the European Union's Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires secondary treatment for agglomerations of this size. The plant's performance is subject to Spanish national regulations that transpose the directive, ensuring compliance with effluent quality standards for biological oxygen demand and suspended solids. The treated wastewater from LA PESGA is discharged into a local watercourse that ultimately drains into the Tagus River basin, one of the Iberian Peninsula's major river systems. The receiving waters support diverse aquatic life and are important for regional agriculture and biodiversity. The plant plays a key role in protecting downstream water quality and the ecological health of the Tagus watershed.
Environmental context
LA PESGA discharges treated effluent into a tributary of the Tagus River, which flows westward through Spain and Portugal before reaching the Atlantic Ocean near Lisbon. The Tagus basin supports a variety of freshwater species and provides critical habitat for migratory birds. The plant's secondary treatment helps reduce organic pollution and nutrient loads, safeguarding the ecological integrity of the river system and downstream estuarine environments.
Frequently asked questions
LA PESGA is located in the municipality of La Pesga, in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.
The plant serves a population of approximately 3,200 residents.
The treated effluent is discharged into a local watercourse that flows into the Tagus River basin, ultimately reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
LA PESGA provides secondary treatment, which includes biological processes to reduce organic matter and suspended solids, in compliance with EU standards.
As a plant serving a population between 2,000 and 10,000, LA PESGA is classified as a small agglomeration under the EU UWWTD, which requires secondary treatment for such communities to protect water quality.
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