World wastewater treatment plant observatory · data as reported by each inventory
Lithuania · regulations
Regulatory context
EU framework; national review pending. This is not an exhaustive review of applicable law.
European Union: urban wastewater treatment
Directive (EU) 2024/3019 sets phased requirements. Inventory design capacity is not the legally defined load and cannot by itself determine a facility's deadline.
- Relevant load and agglomeration size, not just design capacity.
- Receiving area, risk assessment, national transposition and individual permit.
- Articles 7 and 8: tertiary and quaternary treatment; 150,000 p.e. is a load threshold, not a rule automatically applied to map design capacity.
References reviewed: 2026-11-06. Individual applicability: undetermined. This profile does not establish authorization or compliance.