WWTP Cooktown

The year refers to the inventory or source; it does not establish an individual observation date or current operation. Source note (original text): Hill et al. (2012) is the reference year, not the last update. Source provides locations only.

Australia · official identifier HW:50689

2,133population served estimated by the source (people) (2016) · 630th of 1,199

HydroWASTE v1.0 / Australia · official identifier HW:50689 · size estimated by the source 2,133 population served estimated by the source (people) · reported treatment: Secondary · data year 2016. 630th of 1,199 records with size in the inventory of Australia (this plant: a source estimate); 0.01 % of the sum of those 1,199 records in people served (sum of records, not national capacity) · size estimated by the source ; nearest inventoried plant at 52.6 km. Reported data with their source; estimates are not measurements of the plant.

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WHAT THE DATA REPORT

Reported data scientific inventory · 2016

2,133reported population served (people)

630th of 1,199by size (source estimate) among the 1,199 records with a size in the inventory · 0.01 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated

Treatment	Secondary · reported levels
Reported coordinates	-15.4740, 145.2430 position validation in the source: high what it means
Source and year	HydroWASTE v1.0 / Australia · dataset record

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: Australia

Regulatory framework of Australia. Individual applicability is not determined in this profile.

LOCATION

Australia: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	reported population served (people)	Treatment
Wujal Wujal	52.6 km	504	Secondary
Mossman	109.5 km	4,986	Advanced
Port Douglas	115.8 km	4,648	Advanced
Kuranda	155.9 km	9,680	Advanced
Marlin Coast	158.5 km	21,181	Advanced

Distances are between reported coordinates; proximity does not establish a hydraulic connection.

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP Cooktown report?

Size estimated by the source: 2,133 reported population served (people). Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

Treatment Secondary. Nitrogen, phosphorus and UV are shown only when explicitly reported.

SOURCE AND CORRECTIONS

Source

reported data · HydroWASTE v1.0 / Australia · data 2016 · edition 2016 · source licence: CC BY 4.0 · JSON for this plant · suggest a correction · catalogue 2026-11-06. Reported data, not a current inspection; no compliance judgements.