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WWTP UWWTP Nesebar-Ravda-Slanchev bryag

Bulgaria · official identifier BGWT51500_00_01

222,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 7th of 124

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier BGWT51500_00_01 · reported size 222,000 h-e design capacity · received load 138,384 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 7th of 124 records with reported size in the inventory of Bulgaria; 2.6 % of the sum of those 124 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 10.5 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

222,000h-e design capacity

138,384h-e received load (2022)

62 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

7th of 124by reported size among the 124 records with a size in the inventory · 2.6 % 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	yes
Status	active
Reported coordinates	42.6420, 27.6605 precision reported by the source: level 1 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

2015-06-30 · On 30 June 2015, the 2.5 km submarine outfall serving the Nesebar, Sunny Beach and Ravda treatment plant was inaugurated. Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	6,223,540 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 L04; it does not change the official data.

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: Bulgaria

Regulatory framework of Bulgaria · 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

4,501,148reference kWh per year for this load

43.4kWh per h-e (average load) per year

675,172€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

44 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 138,384 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 103,788 p.e. with the reference profile of Bulgaria (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

15.2estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (41,515 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Bulgaria: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Uwwtp Pomorie	10.5 km	56,626	50,182	primary, secondary and tertiary
Uwwtp K.K.Elenite	12.2 km	5,332	5,012	primary and secondary
Uwwtp Banevo-Vetren-Mineralni Bani (Burgas)	22.1 km	16,787	6,114	primary, secondary and tertiary
Uwwtp Burgas	24.5 km	397,745	146,866	primary, secondary and tertiary
Kanalizacia Burgas	26.0 km	not reported	not reported	not reported

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

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP UWWTP Nesebar-Ravda-Slanchev bryag report?

Reported size: 222,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 138,384 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 UWWTP Nesebar-Ravda-Slanchev bryag?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 138,384 p.e. of reported load: 4,501,148 kWh per year (43.4 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 44 % 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.