The Directorate General of Urban Planning, Landscape, and Environmental Assessment has issued a favorable environmental impact report for this project, a key administrative step. The work, promoted by the Public Entity for Wastewater Treatment of the Valencian Community (EPSAR), will provide the hamlet with essential infrastructure, as it currently lacks any treatment system.
The new treatment plant will be built on a 4,431 square meter plot located south of the urban center of Estenas, near the CV-392 road. The facility will include the treatment plant itself, collectors to transport water to the plant and to the discharge point, as well as the necessary connections for its operation.
The plant will be designed for a population of 63 inhabitants during peak periods and will treat an average daily flow of 15 cubic meters. The treatment process will combine several stages: a screening system to remove large debris, primary treatment with an Imhoff tank, biological treatment using vertical subsurface flow wetlands, and a final disinfection before discharge.
The project also includes the construction of a control building, a sampling booth, internal access roads, paved areas, and a perimeter fence. Additionally, two pipelines will be laid: an influent collector of 111 meters that will carry water by gravity to the EDAR, and an effluent collector that will transport the treated water from the facility to the Estenas ravine, protecting the Magro River from potential erosion.
The environmental impact report highlights that the new infrastructure will improve sanitation, ensuring wastewater treatment and reducing the arrival of organic matter, solids, and nutrients to the receiving watercourse. The Directorate General of Urban Planning, Landscape, and Environmental Assessment concludes that the action will not have significant negative environmental effects, although the project will need to obtain the relevant sectoral authorizations before execution.
