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WWTP UCOV Praha

Czechia · official identifier CZ1100-730106-00064581-4/1U

1,641,600h-e design capacity (2022) · 1st of 607

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier CZ1100-730106-00064581-4/1U · reported size 1,641,600 h-e design capacity · received load 1,559,059 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2022. 1st of 607 records with reported size in the inventory of Czechia; 11.0 % of the sum of those 607 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 3.2 km · 6 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

1,641,600h-e design capacity
1,559,059h-e received load (2022)
95 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)
1st of 607by reported size among the 607 records with a size in the inventory · 11.0 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated
Treatmentprimary + secondary (as reported to the EEA: PS) · reported levels
Nitrogen removalyes
Phosphorus removalyes
UV disinfectionnot reported
Statusactive
Reported coordinates50.0827, 14.4691 precision reported by the source: level 2 what it means
Source and yearEuropean Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · dataset record

FUENTES PÚBLICAS

What public sources report

Documented milestones

  • 2018-09-19 · The trial phase of the new water line at Prague’s central treatment plant on Císařský Island was inaugurated. ASB Portal

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle105,409,916 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 L02; it does not change the official data.

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: Czechia

Regulatory framework of Czechia · 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

47,333,268reference kWh per year for this load
30.3kWh per h-e (average load) per year
7,099,990€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh
64 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 1,559,059 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 1,564,619 p.e. with the reference profile of Czechia (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

135.4estimated hm³ of treated water per year
tertiary treatment not reportedreclamation requires additional treatment

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (371,056 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Czechia: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

PlantDistanceCapacity (h-e)Load 2022Treatment
Cov Horni Pocernice-Certouzy3.2 km9,98310,416primary, secondary and tertiary
Cov Dolni Chabry7.4 km4,9502,855primary, secondary and tertiary
Cov Kbely8.0 km5,2505,566primary, secondary and tertiary
Cov Pruhonice9.6 km11,0008,365primary and secondary
Cov Roztoky U Prahy9.8 km20,00015,422primary and secondary

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

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP UCOV Praha report?

Reported size: 1,641,600 h-e design capacity. Received load: 1,559,059 h-e. Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

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

How much energy would a reference plant use with the load of UCOV Praha?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 1,559,059 p.e. of reported load: 47,333,268 kWh per year (30.3 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 64 % 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.