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WWTP UWWTP Pleven

Bulgaria · official identifier BGWT56722_00_01

130,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 14th of 124

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier BGWT56722_00_01 · reported size 130,000 h-e design capacity · received load 59,795 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 14th of 124 records with reported size in the inventory of Bulgaria; 1.5 % of the sum of those 124 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 15.4 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

130,000h-e design capacity

59,795h-e received load (2022)

46 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

14th of 124by reported size among the 124 records with a size in the inventory · 1.5 % 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	yes
Status	active
Reported coordinates	43.5047, 24.5784 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

2022-06-02 · The Pleven wastewater treatment plant reopened in June 2022 after its water and sludge lines were refurbished. Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water

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 L06; it does not change the official data.

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: Bulgaria

Regulatory framework of Bulgaria · Directive (EU) 2024/3019: reported-capacity band 10,000 to 149,999 p.e.; 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

2,307,783reference kWh per year for this load

51.5kWh per h-e (average load) per year

346,167€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

44 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 59,795 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 44,848 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

6.5estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (17,939 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
Kanalizacia Iskar	26.3 km	not reported	not reported	not reported
Kanalizacia Nikopol	34.6 km	not reported	not reported	not reported
Uwwtp Knezha	38.3 km	10,500	2,341	primary, secondary and tertiary
Uwwtp Lovech	39.1 km	85,700	35,675	primary, secondary and tertiary
Kanalizacia Letnitsa	44.0 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 Pleven report?

Reported size: 130,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 59,795 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 Pleven?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 59,795 p.e. of reported load: 2,307,783 kWh per year (51.5 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.