Worldwide wastewater treatment observatory · Australia

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WWTP Cowes

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:49993

7,525population served estimated by the source (people) (2016) · 310th of 1,199

HydroWASTE v1.0 / Australia · official identifier HW:49993 · size estimated by the source 7,525 population served estimated by the source (people) · reported treatment: Advanced · data year 2016. 310th of 1,199 records with size in the inventory of Australia (this plant: a source estimate); 0.05 % 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 14.1 km. Reported data with their source; estimates are not measurements of the plant.

Aguas SB does not manage this wastewater treatment plant.

WHAT THE DATA REPORT

Reported data scientific inventory · 2016

7,525reported population served (people)
310th of 1,199by size (source estimate) among the 1,199 records with a size in the inventory · 0.05 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated
TreatmentAdvanced · reported levels
Reported coordinates-38.4880, 145.2230 position validation in the source: high what it means
Source and yearHydroWASTE 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

PlantDistancereported population served (people)Treatment
Somers14.1 km22,035Advanced
King Road21.7 km3,569Advanced
Mount Martha28.2 km69,153Advanced
Blind Bight31.1 km12,290Advanced
Boneo31.1 km36,070Advanced

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

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP Cowes report?

Size estimated by the source: 7,525 reported population served (people). Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

Treatment Advanced. 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.