Pāpa‘ikou-Pauka‘a Wastewater Treatment Plant - Waste water by the numbers

  • Concentrations of Enterococcus at Pāpaʻikou Wastewater Treatment Plant shows a decreasing trend for Daily Max and a stable trend for Monthly Geomean from 2020-2025.

  • Concentrations of TN at Pāpaʻikou Wastewater Treatment Plant shows a decreasing trend from 2020-2021, with the highest concentration in Jan 2021.

  • Concentrations of TP at Pāpaʻikou Wastewater Treatment Plant shows a decreasing trend from 2020-2021, reaching its lowest concentration in Apr 2021.

  • Turbidity at Pāpaʻikou Wastewater Treatment Plant shows a very slight increasing trend from 2020-2023.

  • Pāpa‘ikou-Pauka‘a Wastewater Treatment Plant Water Quality History
    DateDaily Max (CFU/gallon effluent)Monthly Geomean (CFU/gallon effluent)TP (ug/L)TP (mg/L)TP (lbs/day)TN (ug/L)TN (mg/L)TN (lbs/day)Turbidity (NTU)
    10/12/2020106011433003.31.91703017.039.74
    01/13/2021383814401.440.73452034.5216.10.4
    04/16/2021114386800.680.51135111.3518.62.3
    07/13/20216441140.53
    08/10/2021280125301.39
    09/13/2021303762.61
    10/11/2021303761.71
    11/29/2021114381.71
    12/16/202176382.7
    01/25/202276382.7
    02/14/202276381.9
    03/10/2022114382.61
    04/18/2022379189
    05/11/2022189114
    06/21/2022265114
    07/11/2022606114
    08/11/2022492189
    09/09/20221325189
    10/11/20222082265
    11/15/202211476
    12/13/202211476
    01/09/2023568114
    02/17/2023379114
    03/15/20232688151
    04/17/202315176
    05/17/202311476
    06/27/20237676
    07/25/2023106076
    08/24/20231173151
    09/28/2023181776
    10/25/2023984114
    11/27/20237638
    12/26/202311438
    01/25/202415138
    02/16/20246435114
    05/03/202415138
    05/03/20247638
    06/05/20243838
    06/26/202418976
    07/27/20247638
    08/28/20243838
    09/27/202441676
    10/18/20247638
    11/28/20247638
    12/28/20247676
    01/20/20253838
    02/28/202515138
    03/31/202515176
    04/28/202526576

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