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WWTP Brugge

Belgium · official identifier BE_F_TP_018

270,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 4th of 397

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier BE_F_TP_018 · reported size 270,000 h-e design capacity · received load 185,000 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 4th of 397 records with reported size in the inventory of Belgium; 2.5 % of the sum of those 397 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 7.6 km · 1 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

270,000h-e design capacity

185,000h-e received load (2022)

69 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

4th of 397by reported size among the 397 records with a size in the inventory · 2.5 % 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	51.2550, 3.2084 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

2020-02-06 · On 6 February 2020, West Flanders partly granted an environmental permit to operate and expand the Bruges wastewater treatment plant. Province of West Flanders

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	28,084,364 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 L03; 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

6,884,963reference kWh per year for this load

37.2kWh per h-e (average load) per year

1,032,744€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

50 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 185,000 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 184,855 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

24.2estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (66,415 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
Heist	7.6 km	27,000	33,900	primary, secondary and tertiary
Jabbeke	10.8 km	7,133	5,200	primary, secondary and tertiary
Knokke	13.3 km	9,900	9,800	primary, secondary and tertiary
Maldegem	16.6 km	12,600	9,800	primary, secondary and tertiary
Ruddervoorde	16.8 km	3,600	2,800	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 Brugge report?

Reported size: 270,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 185,000 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 Brugge?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 185,000 p.e. of reported load: 6,884,963 kWh per year (37.2 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 50 % 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.