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WWTP Skagen

Denmark · official identifier DK8410526

160,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 13th of 321

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier DK8410526 · reported size 160,000 h-e design capacity · received load 131,082 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 13th of 321 records with reported size in the inventory of Denmark; 1.3 % of the sum of those 321 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 17.3 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

160,000h-e design capacity

131,082h-e received load (2022)

82 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

13th of 321by reported size among the 321 records with a size in the inventory · 1.3 % 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	57.7381, 10.5678 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

2020-10-23 · The municipality permitted the receipt of externally produced biomass at the Skagen wastewater treatment plant's biogas facility. Municipality of Frederikshavn

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	2,791,559 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 L05; 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

4,965,165reference kWh per year for this load

38.7kWh per h-e (average load) per year

744,775€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

49 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 131,082 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 128,147 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

14.9estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (40,898 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
Ålbæk	17.3 km	4,640	2,276	primary, secondary and tertiary
Frederikshavn	34.9 km	92,383	31,207	primary, secondary and tertiary
Sindal	36.9 km	8,503	5,188	primary, secondary and tertiary
Hirtshals	38.6 km	117,000	64,626	primary, secondary and tertiary
Sæby	49.1 km	96,935	118,139	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 Skagen report?

Reported size: 160,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 131,082 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 Skagen?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 131,082 p.e. of reported load: 4,965,165 kWh per year (38.7 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.