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WWTP FREDERICIA SPILDEVAND OG ENERGI A/S

Denmark · official identifier DK6070012

420,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 3rd of 321

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier DK6070012 · reported size 420,000 h-e design capacity · received load 112,520 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 3rd of 321 records with reported size in the inventory of Denmark; 3.4 % of the sum of those 321 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 4.3 km · 2 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

420,000h-e design capacity
112,520h-e received load (2022)
27 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)
3rd of 321by reported size among the 321 records with a size in the inventory · 3.4 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated
Treatmentprimary + secondary + tertiary (more stringent) (as reported to the EEA: PST) · reported levels
Nitrogen removalyes
Phosphorus removalyes
UV disinfectionnot reported
Statusactive
Reported coordinates55.5521, 9.7199 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

  • 2025-07-10 · Fredericia issued an environmental screening decision on a change to the discharge permit for its central wastewater treatment plant. Municipality of Fredericia

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle8,655,678 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: Denmark

Regulatory framework of Denmark · 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

4,401,728reference kWh per year for this load
40.0kWh per h-e (average load) per year
660,259€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh
49 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 112,520 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 109,999 p.e. with the reference profile of Denmark (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

12.8estimated hm³ of treated water per year
tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (35,106 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Denmark: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

PlantDistanceCapacity (h-e)Load 2022Treatment
Middelfart Centralrenseanlæg4.3 km35,00022,562primary, secondary and tertiary
Gårslev Renseanlæg9.1 km3,600277primary, secondary and tertiary
Kolding Centralrens.12.6 km125,00069,447primary, secondary and tertiary
Nr. Åby Renseanlæg13.4 km22,0005,902primary, secondary and tertiary
Brejning Centralrens.14.3 km19,6007,589primary, 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 FREDERICIA SPILDEVAND OG ENERGI A/S report?

Reported size: 420,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 112,520 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 FREDERICIA SPILDEVAND OG ENERGI A/S?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 112,520 p.e. of reported load: 4,401,728 kWh per year (40.0 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 49 % 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.