WWTP Northern

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:49868

31,929population served estimated by the source (people) (2016) · 96th of 1,199

HydroWASTE v1.0 / Australia · official identifier HW:49868 · size estimated by the source 31,929 population served estimated by the source (people) · reported treatment: Advanced · data year 2016. 96th of 1,199 records with size in the inventory of Australia (this plant: a source estimate); 0.21 % 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 6.1 km · 2 within 10 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

31,929reported population served (people)

96th of 1,199by size (source estimate) among the 1,199 records with a size in the inventory · 0.21 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated

Treatment	Advanced · reported levels
Reported coordinates	-16.8710, 145.7430 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
Marlin Coast	6.1 km	21,181	Advanced
Southern	9.4 km	47,462	Advanced
Kuranda	12.2 km	9,680	Advanced
Edmonton	13.7 km	28,097	Advanced
Yarrabah	16.2 km	2,479	Secondary

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

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP Northern report?

Size estimated by the source: 31,929 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.