Overview
VILLANUEVA DEL REY wastewater treatment plant in Villanueva del Rey, Andalucía, Spain, serves 1,254 people with secondary treatment. The plant is currently closed.
VILLANUEVA DEL REY is a wastewater treatment plant located in Villanueva del Rey, a municipality in the province of Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. The plant serves a population of 1,254 and is situated in an inland area, far from the coast. It is currently closed. As a secondary treatment facility, the plant provides biological treatment to reduce organic matter and suspended solids. With a designed capacity of 1,478 cubic meters per day and an average discharge volume of 227.28 cubic meters per day, the plant operated well below its capacity. Under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), plants serving agglomerations of this size (under 2,000 population equivalent) are subject to appropriate treatment requirements, which secondary treatment fulfills. The plant's treated effluent was discharged into local water bodies within the Guadalquivir River basin, which drains into the Atlantic Ocean. The Guadalquivir basin supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in southern Spain. Possibly to a larger regional facility.
Environmental context
The plant discharged into the Guadalquivir River basin, which flows through Andalucía and empties into the Atlantic Ocean at the Gulf of Cádiz. The Guadalquivir River supports a rich ecosystem, including wetlands and estuaries that are critical for migratory birds and fish species. The plant's secondary treatment helped protect downstream water quality in this ecologically sensitive watershed.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located in Villanueva del Rey, a municipality in the province of Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. Its address is near the Estación de Servicio La Laguna on CO-5401 in the Polígono Industrial La Encina.
The plant serves a population of 1,254 people, classifying it as a small agglomeration under EU wastewater directives.
The plant discharged treated effluent into local water bodies within the Guadalquivir River basin, which ultimately flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The plant is currently closed.
The plant provides secondary treatment, which involves biological processes to reduce organic matter and suspended solids. This meets the appropriate treatment requirements for small agglomerations under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.
In Spain, wastewater treatment plants operate under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which sets standards for collection, treatment, and discharge. For agglomerations under 2,000 population equivalent, appropriate treatment (such as secondary treatment) is required to protect receiving waters.
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