A new, larger and robust wastewater treatment plant
Sjölunda wastewater treatment plant will be the hub of VA SYD’s coming MAXIMA wastewater treatment system. The plan is to expand and transform it into a larger, more modern and robust plant with new technology. When in operation, the plant will be ready to meet the increasing demands on wastewater treatment.
Co-oporating municipalities: Burlöv, Lomma, Lund and Malmö, the wastewater treatment plant will also, like before, treat wastewater from Hjärup in Staffanstorp municipality and Bara and Klågerup in Svedala municipality.
Area: 19 hectares
Volume: about 700 000 people, 820 000 population equivalent
Treatment process: membrane bioreactor (MBR)
Outlet pipes: 2 pipes, 2 metres in diameter, 4 kilometres out into the Öresund
Construction time: 8 years, and built while the existing plant is in operation
Sjölunda pumping station
Capacity: 10 cubic metres per second
Location: next to Sjölunda wastewater treatment plant, and will pump the wastewater from a depth of 35 metres up to the treatment plant