Sewage treatment plants in Mallorca
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Sewage treatment plants in Campos: the plain, the Salobrar and the fincas
Campos is farmland: a flat municipality of fincas and country houses, with the coast of Sa Ràpita, Ses Covetes and Es Trenc to the south. If your house has no mains sewer, the wastewater is treated on the plot, and there is a natural park close by. We are Joaquín and Juan, installers in Mallorca since 1998: we supply the new treatment plant, fit it and prepare and sign the documents your architect or engineer asks for.
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- Fincas on the Campos plain
- New approved unit
- Signed documents
- Since 1998
Your area
Campos: what the government maps say
The Balearic Islands Water Plan (RD 49/2023, art. 70) is the same across the island. In Campos, two things change the unit and the paperwork: the Salobrar and the aquifer under the plain.
The Salobrar and Es Trenc natural park
Es Salobrar de Campos is catalogued as a wetland by the Water Plan (code MAMTM24, over 300 hectares) and is part of the Es Trenc-Salobrar de Campos Land and Sea Natural Park (Law 2/2017). Next to Sa Ràpita the catalogue also lists the prat de ses dunes de sa Ràpita (MAMT25). With 12 population equivalents or more within 500 m of either (an agroturismo, a large villa), prior authorisation from the DGRH is needed.
The Pla de Campos, a nitrate vulnerable zone
The town and the countryside down to Sa Ràpita sit on the Pla de Campos groundwater body (1821M2), designated a nitrate vulnerable zone for agricultural nitrates (Decree 18/2023). For a treatment plant that means one recommendation: let the treated water return to the ground as irrigation on your plot (25 m² of garden per population equivalent, art. 70.12) and not through a soakaway well, which also needs prior authorisation.
Flat ground: watch the levels
On ground this flat, the house drain outlet and the tank inlet can end up at almost the same height. If the pipe cannot get enough fall, a pumping station is needed before the plant. We see it in the photos of the drain outlet and the tank site, before proposing a unit.
What we do
What we do in Campos, plainly
- Treatment plant or holding tank, depending on the house: for a finca lived in, a new extended-aeration plant, CE-marked and from the EN 12566 family (art. 70.14); for a summer house in Sa Ràpita or Ses Covetes where treatment is not viable, the holding tank (art. 70.2). We work with every brand; for example, the GRAF one2clean.
- Levels and power: if on the flat land the pipe has no fall, a pump goes in before the plant; the line to the blower, with a weatherproof outdoor sub-board, we run as an authorised low-voltage installation company, and we leave everything running.
- Documents for the house or the agroturismo: the responsible declaration and, near the Salobrar or the prat de ses dunes de sa Ràpita with 12 population equivalents or more, the prior authorisation. We prepare and sign them as the installation company, and your architect or engineer files them.
- Pit and sludge: your builder digs with what we give them in writing according to the manufacturer; emptying is done by an authorised waste management company (art. 70.7.f).
- Service visits in the village, on the coast and on the Pla fincas: the ones the regulations require or, if the manufacturer asks for more, the manufacturer's (two a year on the GRAF one2clean). We don't subcontract anyone.
The paperwork
Which paper applies to a house in Campos
With the water in the garden and away from the Salobrar, the usual paper is the responsible declaration to the DGRH, once the unit is installed (art. 70.4). For a new build on urban land with no mains sewer, a prior notice goes first to the Balearic water authority, Recursos Hídrics, which Campos town hall asks for before granting the licence (fourth transitional provision of the Balearic Urban Planning Act, Law 12/2017), and from then there are two years at most for the declaration (art. 70.5).
We prepare and sign the documents as the installation company (technical specifications, the manufacturer's performance, the maintenance plan and proof of purchase and installation) and your architect or engineer files them.
Sources: Balearic Islands Water Plan, RD 49/2023 (art. 70, 76 and 77) · wetland catalogue, supply boreholes and aquifer vulnerability in the Balearic government IDEIB viewer · nitrate vulnerable zones (Decree 18/2023) · Law 2/2017, Es Trenc-Salobrar de Campos Natural Park.
How we work
How we do it in Campos
1
The drain outlet
From photos of the drain outlet and of where the tank would go we see whether your flat land needs a pump; you also tell us the beds, the use and where the water will go.
2
The Salobrar and the Pla
We measure the distance to the Salobrar and to the prat de ses dunes de sa Ràpita and, as the Pla de Campos is a nitrate vulnerable zone, we suggest the water irrigates the plot. We send you a written quote.
3
Works and handover
With the pit dug as written, we install, connect, start the plant and leave you the signed documents.
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Common questions
Frequently asked questions about sewage treatment plants in Campos
My finca is near the Salobrar de Campos. What changes?
If the house has 12 population equivalents or more and lies within 500 m of the Salobrar, a catalogued wetland, it needs prior authorisation from the Direcció General de Recursos Hídrics instead of the responsible declaration (Balearic Islands Water Plan, RD 49/2023, arts. 76.5 and 77), and silence means no. If the plot is inside the natural park, your engineer also checks what Law 2/2017 says.
Does a house in Ses Covetes or Sa Ràpita need a treatment plant?
If a house in Sa Ràpita or Ses Covetes is not connected to a mains sewer, yes: the Water Plan only accepts an on-site treatment system, a holding tank or natural treatment with a favourable report (art. 70.1). Which one suits depends on the ground available for the treated water and on the use; a holding tank is for summer houses where treatment is not viable (art. 70.2).
How much ground do I need to irrigate with treated water in Campos?
25 m² of garden per population equivalent (art. 70.12): 100 m² for a 4-bed house and 200 m² for 8. Without that ground, the options are a drainage trench with a favourable report from the water authority, or a holding tank. On the Pla de Campos, a nitrate vulnerable zone, irrigation is a better destination than soaking away.
Can the plant run on the finca's solar panels?
The blower runs 24 hours a day, so it needs the grid or batteries at night; by day, if the finca has panels, it uses what they produce. We run the cable to the blower cabinet as an authorised low-voltage installation company, with a weatherproof outdoor sub-board so nobody has to go into the house to reset it.
I run an agroturismo in Campos. Does the plant need anything else?
If there is a kitchen or restaurant for guests, a grease separator before the plant (art. 70.7.e). Above 12 population equivalents, the annual report to the DGRH with the performance check and the cleaning and sludge log (art. 70.11), and grease removal in the pre-treatment. We size it for the maximum number of beds; as a guideline equivalence, the Plan gives 1 population equivalent per bed in housing and in agritourism (art. 70.8, table 12).
Do you cover the whole municipality of Campos?
Yes: the town, Sa Ràpita, Ses Covetes and the fincas on the plain. We reply within 24-48 hours on working days, in English, Spanish or German. Service visits on what we install are the ones the regulations require or, if the manufacturer asks for more, the manufacturer's. We don't subcontract anyone.
Quality
We work with every brand
As an example, GRAF tanks. We propose the unit according to the beds and the use of each house.
A finca in Campos with no mains sewer?
Send us the location, the maximum number of beds, where the water will go and photos of the drain outlet. We reply within 24-48 hours on working days.