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WWTP Mariagerfjord Renseanlæg

Denmark · official identifier DK8400001

208,500h-e design capacity (2022) · 10th of 321

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier DK8400001 · reported size 208,500 h-e design capacity · received load 65,901 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 10th of 321 records with reported size in the inventory of Denmark; 1.7 % of the sum of those 321 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 18.4 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

208,500h-e design capacity

65,901h-e received load (2022)

32 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

10th of 321by reported size among the 321 records with a size in the inventory · 1.7 % 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	56.7415, 10.1138 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

2013 · The Danish PULS register gives 2013 as the year Himmerlands Renseanlæg entered service. Danish Environmental Portal, PULS

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	4,790,776 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: 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

2,875,757reference kWh per year for this load

44.6kWh per h-e (average load) per year

431,363€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

49 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 65,901 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 64,424 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

7.5estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (20,561 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

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Råby Kær	18.4 km	4,631	3,222	primary, secondary and tertiary
Nørager	29.8 km	7,500	7,854	primary, secondary and tertiary
Randers	32.2 km	155,990	91,536	primary, secondary and tertiary
Aalborg Øst	34.0 km	81,400	72,026	primary, secondary and tertiary
Hammershøj	35.2 km	3,150	681	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 Mariagerfjord Renseanlæg report?

Reported size: 208,500 h-e design capacity. Received load: 65,901 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 Mariagerfjord Renseanlæg?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 65,901 p.e. of reported load: 2,875,757 kWh per year (44.6 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.