WWTP EPC RIO VERMELHO

The year refers to the inventory or source; it does not establish an individual observation date or current operation. Source note (original text): Supplement S1.3 distinguishes the 2017 atlas from its 2013 WWTP records. Display both where data vintage matters.

Brazil · official identifier HW:40744

2,039,154reported population served (people) (2013) · 2nd of 2,820

HydroWASTE v1.0 / Brazil · official identifier HW:40744 · reported size 2,039,154 reported population served (people) · reported treatment: Primary · data year 2013. 2nd of 2,820 records with reported size in the inventory of Brazil; 2.8 % of the sum of those 2,820 records in people served (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 7.9 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 · 2013

2,039,154reported population served (people)

2nd of 2,820by reported size among the 2,820 records with a size in the inventory · 2.8 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated

Treatment	Primary · reported levels
Reported coordinates	-13.0060, -38.4880 position validation in the source: medium what it means
Source and year	HydroWASTE v1.0 / Brazil · dataset record

FUENTES PÚBLICAS

What public sources report

Documented milestones

1975 · The Rio Vermelho preliminary treatment station began operating in Salvador’s Camarajipe system. Secretaría de Infraestructura Hídrica y Saneamiento de Bahía

Facts taken from public documents, with their date and link; an authorisation, a project or a planned capacity do not prove operation or quantities actually treated. Aguas SB editorial layer, lot L02; it does not change the official data.

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: Brazil

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

LOCATION

Brazil: this plant on the map

this plant on the map · regional directory.

NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	reported population served (people)	Treatment
EPC JAGUARIBE	7.9 km	737,044	Primary
ETE CASAS DO METRo	9.4 km	501	Secondary
ETE MURICOCA	10.6 km	3,243	Secondary
ETE MATA ATLANTICA	11.1 km	1,133	Secondary
ETE COHAJOR	11.3 km	1,187	Secondary

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

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP EPC RIO VERMELHO report?

Reported size: 2,039,154 reported population served (people). Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

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

SOURCE AND CORRECTIONS

Source

reported data · HydroWASTE v1.0 / Brazil · data 2013 · edition 2017 · 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.