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WWTP Renseanlæg Lynetten

Denmark · official identifier DK1010005

1,200,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 1st of 321

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier DK1010005 · reported size 1,200,000 h-e design capacity · received load 758,657 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 1st of 321 records with reported size in the inventory of Denmark; 9.8 % of the sum of those 321 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 6.8 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

1,200,000h-e design capacity

758,657h-e received load (2022)

63 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

1st of 321by reported size among the 321 records with a size in the inventory · 9.8 % 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	55.6964, 12.6147 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

1980 · The Lynetten wastewater treatment plant was inaugurated. Ayuntamiento de Copenhague
1997 · The new Lynetten facilities entered service, including changes to sludge treatment. Ayuntamiento de Copenhague

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	55,997,039 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

24,086,480reference kWh per year for this load

32.5kWh per h-e (average load) per year

3,612,972€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

59 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 758,657 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 741,663 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

86.4estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (236,701 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
Tårnby	6.8 km	71,000	38,980	primary, secondary and tertiary
Renseanlæg Damhusåen	9.3 km	470,000	282,822	primary, secondary and tertiary
Dragør	11.0 km	22,500	11,653	primary, secondary and tertiary
Mølleåværket A/S	12.7 km	125,000	99,256	primary, secondary and tertiary
Spildevandscenter Avedøre	14.2 km	400,000	264,846	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 Renseanlæg Lynetten report?

Reported size: 1,200,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 758,657 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 Renseanlæg Lynetten?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 758,657 p.e. of reported load: 24,086,480 kWh per year (32.5 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 59 % 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.