WWTP South Essex Sewer District WWTP

Salem · official identifier CWNS2022_25000004001

29.71MGD reported design flow (2022) · 277th of 15,772

EPA Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022 · official identifier CWNS2022_25000004001 · reported size 29.71 MGD reported design flow · reported treatment: Secondary · data year 2022. 277th of 15,772 records with reported size in the inventory of United States; 0.06 % of the sum of those 15,772 records in MGD (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 10.0 km · 1 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 official data · 2022

29.71MGD reported design flow

277th of 15,772by reported size among the 15,772 records with a size in the inventory · 0.06 % 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	42.5279, -70.8762 precision reported by the source: 4 m what it means
Source and year	EPA Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022 · dataset record

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Regulatory reference: United States

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

LOCATION

Massachusetts: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	MGD reported design flow	Treatment
Manchester-By-The-Sea Sewerage Collection System and WWTF	10.0 km	0.5	Secondary
Lynn Sewerage Collection System and WPCF	10.6 km	25.8	Secondary
Ipswich Sewerage Collection System and WWTF	18.4 km	1.8	Secondary
Gloucester Sewerage Collection System and WPCF	18.5 km	5.16	Secondary
MWRA Deer Island WWTF	20.8 km	310	Secondary

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

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP South Essex Sewer District WWTP report?

Reported size: 29.71 MGD reported design flow. 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 · EPA Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022 · data 2022 · edition 2022 · source licence: Public domain (EPA geospatial default; see LICENCIA.txt) · JSON for this plant · suggest a correction · catalogue 2026-11-06. Reported data, not a current inspection; no compliance judgements.