Sewage treatment plants in Mallorca
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Sewage treatment plants in ses Salines, for country houses beyond the sewer
In ses Salines there are two ABAQUA treatment plants, the village one and the Colònia de Sant Jordi one, and each serves its own settlement. A country house in the municipality that the network does not reach treats its water on its plot, and here that means four catalogued wetlands and a natural park very 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 and country houses
- New approved unit
- Signed documents
- Since 1998
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Your area
ses Salines: two settlements with a sewer and a countryside among wetlands
The Balearic Islands Water Plan (Royal Decree 49/2023, art. 70) is the same across the island. In ses Salines, what changes the unit and the paperwork is the water around you and the aquifer.
Where the sewer reaches
The layer of settlements served by ABAQUA, on the Balearic government's IDEIB viewer, lists two settlements in the municipality with a treatment plant: ses Salines and Colònia de Sant Jordi. Fincas and country houses outside those networks treat the water on their plot, with an approved unit or, in a holiday home where treatment is not viable, a sealed holding tank (art. 70.2).
Four wetlands and the natural park
The Water Plan's wetland catalogue lists, on the ses Salines coast, the Colònia salt flats (MAMTM23), the Estany de ses Gambes (MAZH21) and the Estany des Tamarells (MAZH22), and on the boundary with Campos, Es Salobrar (MAMTM24), within the Es Trenc-Salobrar de Campos Maritime-Terrestrial Natural Park (Law 2/2017). Within 500 m of one of them, if the house may significantly affect it, a favourable report from the DGRH is needed, whatever the number of occupants (art. 77.3).
The whole municipality sits on a nitrate vulnerable zone
The village, the Colònia and the countryside around lie on the Pla de Campos groundwater body (1821M2), declared a nitrate vulnerable zone for agricultural sources (Decree 18/2023). That is why here we recommend that the treated water irrigates your plot, at 25 m² of green area per population equivalent (art. 70.12). And next to the Colònia the aquifer vulnerability map shows areas of high vulnerability, where only a green area is possible, with denitrification and disinfection (art. 70.10, table 13).
What we do
What we do in ses Salines, plainly
- The new extended-aeration treatment plant (or the holding tank, when that is the right answer): approved, CE-marked and from the EN 12566 family, as the Water Plan requires (art. 70.14). We work with every brand; as an example, the GRAF one2clean.
- Installation, electrics and commissioning: the electrics as an authorised low-voltage installation company.
- The documents: we prepare and sign them as the installation company, and your architect or engineer files them.
- Digging the pit is done by your builder, and beforehand we give them in writing how it must be left according to the manufacturer. Sludge emptying is done by an authorised waste management company, as the law requires (art. 70.7.f).
- Service visits on what we install: 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 finca in ses Salines
Away from the wetlands and with the water going to the garden, the responsible declaration to the DGRH, which is always filed, once the unit is installed (art. 70.4). For a house under construction, the prior notice goes to Recursos Hídrics first, and from then two years at most for the declaration (art. 70.5). Near a wetland, the favourable report of art. 77.3 as well; and if the water goes to a drainage trench, a favourable report and an authorisation (art. 70.12).
We prepare and sign the documents as the installation company (technical data, the manufacturer's performance figures, 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) · wetland catalogue, supply boreholes and aquifer vulnerability in the Balearic government IDEIB viewer · Law 2/2017, Es Trenc-Salobrar de Campos Natural Park · nitrate vulnerable zones (Decree 18/2023).
How we work
How we do it in ses Salines
1
You send us the details
Location, maximum beds, how the house is used, where the water will go, what is nearby, photos and your email.
2
We check and quote
We check wetlands, wells and aquifer vulnerability, and send you a written quote.
3
Installation and documents
We fit the plant once the pit matches what we gave you in writing, commission it and hand over the signed documents.
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Common questions
Frequently asked questions about sewage treatment plants in ses Salines
Does my house in ses Salines need a treatment plant?
If it is connected to the sewer of the village or of Colònia de Sant Jordi, no. If it is not, yes: the Balearic Islands Water Plan (RD 49/2023, art. 70.1) only allows a stand-alone treatment plant, a sealed holding tank or natural treatment with a favourable report. With the Google Maps location we see which applies to you.
My finca is near the Estany de ses Gambes, what changes?
The paperwork can change, whatever the number of occupants: within 500 m of a catalogued wetland, if the house may significantly affect it, a favourable report from the Direcció General de Recursos Hídrics is needed on top of the responsible declaration (Water Plan, art. 77.3). The same goes for the Estany des Tamarells, the Colònia salt flats and Es Salobrar. We measure the distance before quoting.
Why do you recommend irrigating with the treated water rather than infiltrating it?
Because the whole municipality lies on the Pla de Campos, a nitrate vulnerable zone (Decree 18/2023), and because the rules prefer reuse: 25 m² of green area per population equivalent (art. 70.12), 150 m² for a 6-bed house. A drainage trench needs a favourable report and an authorisation, and the infiltration pit is not among the outlets the rules list (art. 70.10).
Does a holiday home in the Colònia need a treatment plant, or will a tank do?
If the house is lived in little and treatment is not viable, the rules allow a sealed holding tank (art. 70.2), emptied by an authorised waste management company. If it is lived in or let for much of the year, an extended aeration treatment plant works better, because the biology needs use to do its job. We decide it with you from how the house is really used.
Can I run the blower from the finca's solar panels?
In the daytime yes, if the finca has panels; at night it needs the grid or batteries, because the blower runs 24 hours a day. We run the line from the consumer unit to its cabinet as an authorised low-voltage installation company, with a sealed outdoor sub-board so nobody has to go into the house to reset it.
Do you cover all of the ses Salines municipality?
Yes: the village, Colònia de Sant Jordi and the fincas in the countryside. We reply within 24-48 hours on working days, in English, Spanish or German. Servicing of what we fit follows what the rules set or, if the manufacturer asks for more, the manufacturer's (two a year on the GRAF one2clean). 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 ses Salines with no sewer?
Send us the location, the maximum number of occupants, how the house is used, where the water will go and photos of the drain outlet. We reply within 24-48 hours on working days.