Heredia Considering Building
Mega Sewage Treatment Plant
Although the project is still in the planning stage, its mission is
ambitious, as the Servicios Públicos de Heredia is serious about
constructing a mega sewage treatment plant to serve some 370.000
residents in the province of Heredia.
The objective of the project is to stop the contamination of the
Virilla river, where polluted water is now going.
The plan will for the polluted water to be collected and sent to the
the treatment facility in Barreal de Heredia where the plant is
being proposed to be located. The treated water would then be sent
to the river.
The plan includes the elimination of septic tanks currently used in
many homes and to avoid further contamination of groundwater.
The plant would take in sewage from 8 of the 10 the cantones in the
province of Heredia: San Rafael, San Isidro, Santo Domingo, San
Pablo, Barva, Flores, Belén, and Heredia Central.
The cost of the plan is us$180 million dollars.
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