WWTP Bells Island

The year refers to the inventory or source; it does not establish an individual observation date or current operation. Source note (original text): Supplement S1.10: 317 of 323 records, six lacked coordinates.

New Zealand · official identifier HW:52834

49,393population served estimated by the source (people) (2019) · 15th of 317

HydroWASTE v1.0 / New Zealand · official identifier HW:52834 · size estimated by the source 49,393 population served estimated by the source (people) · reported treatment: Advanced · data year 2019. 15th of 317 records with size in the inventory of New Zealand (this plant: a source estimate); 1.3 % of the sum of those 317 records in people served (sum of records, not national capacity) · size estimated by the source ; nearest inventoried plant at 16.5 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 · 2019

49,393reported population served (people)

15th of 317by size (source estimate) among the 317 records with a size in the inventory · 1.3 % 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	-41.2970, 173.1760 position validation in the source: medium what it means
Source and year	HydroWASTE v1.0 / New Zealand · dataset record

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: New Zealand

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

LOCATION

New Zealand: 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
Nelson Wastewater Treatment Plant	16.5 km	29,893	Secondary
Motueka	26.6 km	8,301	Advanced
Tapawera	31.4 km	423	Secondary
Upper Takaka	42.6 km	1,365	Secondary
Havelock	51.1 km	571	Secondary

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

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP Bells Island report?

Size estimated by the source: 49,393 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 / New Zealand · data 2019 · edition 2019 · 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.