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WWTP Antwerpen-Zuid

Belgium · official identifier BE_F_TP_050

171,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 10th of 397

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier BE_F_TP_050 · reported size 171,000 h-e design capacity · received load 142,000 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 10th of 397 records with reported size in the inventory of Belgium; 1.6 % of the sum of those 397 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 2.6 km · 8 within 10 km. Reported data with their source; estimates are not measurements of the plant.

Aguas SB does not manage this wastewater treatment plant.

WHAT THE DATA REPORT

Reported data official data · 2022

171,000h-e design capacity

142,000h-e received load (2022)

83 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

10th of 397by reported size among the 397 records with a size in the inventory · 1.6 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated

Treatment	primary + secondary + tertiary (more stringent) (as reported to the EEA: PST) · reported levels
Nitrogen removal	yes
Phosphorus removal	yes
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	51.1931, 4.3698 precision reported by the source: level 2 what it means
Source and year	European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · dataset record

FUENTES PÚBLICAS

What public sources report

Documented milestones

2004 · The Antwerpen-Zuid wastewater treatment plant was fully refurbished in 2004. Province of Antwerp

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	21,481,408 m³/year (2022) · source

Facts taken from public documents, with their date and link; an authorisation, a project or a planned capacity do not prove operation or quantities actually treated. Aguas SB editorial layer, lot L05; it does not change the official data.

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: Belgium

Regulatory framework of Belgium · Directive (EU) 2024/3019: reported-capacity band 150,000 p.e. or more; obligations are set by agglomeration load, not by the capacity of this plant. Individual applicability is not determined in this profile.

SCENARIO

Reference energy scenario for this load estimate · simulator engine

5,520,303reference kWh per year for this load

38.9kWh per h-e (average load) per year

828,045€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

48 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 142,000 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 141,889 p.e. with the reference profile of Belgium (hypothesis with reported load and reference profile; not a measurement). Open this scenario in the simulator · how it is calculated and what it is not.

Reference scenario computed on the server from the reported load and the country profile; an estimate, not a measurement. The simulator recomputes it when opened.

WATER THAT COULD RETURN

Reuse potential

18.6estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (50,978 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Belgium: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Burcht	2.6 km	31,500	27,800	primary, secondary and tertiary
Aartselaar	5.0 km	54,000	73,600	primary, secondary and tertiary
Deurne	6.4 km	193,500	232,000	primary, secondary and tertiary
Edegem	6.5 km	19,800	14,800	primary, secondary and tertiary
Merksem	6.6 km	45,000	37,100	primary, secondary and tertiary

Distances are between reported coordinates; proximity does not establish a hydraulic connection.

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP Antwerpen-Zuid report?

Reported size: 171,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 142,000 h-e. Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

Treatment PST. Nitrogen, phosphorus and UV are shown only when explicitly reported.

How much energy would a reference plant use with the load of Antwerpen-Zuid?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 142,000 p.e. of reported load: 5,520,303 kWh per year (38.9 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 48 % of consumption. Estimate with the country reference profile; not a measurement of the plant.

SOURCE AND CORRECTIONS

Source

reported data · European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · data 2022 · edition 2023 · source licence: CC BY 4.0 · JSON for this plant · suggest a correction · catalogue 2026-11-06. Reported data, not a current inspection; no compliance judgements.