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WWTP ANTIBES

France · official identifier FR060906004001

245,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 55th of 4,051

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier FR060906004001 · reported size 245,000 h-e design capacity · received load 100,400 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 55th of 4,051 records with reported size in the inventory of France; 0.25 % of the sum of those 4,051 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 3.9 km · 4 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

245,000h-e design capacity

100,400h-e received load (2022)

41 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

55th of 4,051by reported size among the 4,051 records with a size in the inventory · 0.25 % 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	43.5674, 7.1309 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

1989 · The national register dates the commissioning of this facility to 1989. French Ministry responsible for the ecological transition

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 L03; it does not change the official data.

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: France

Regulatory framework of France · 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

3,149,864reference kWh per year for this load

31.4kWh per h-e (average load) per year

472,480€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

60 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 100,400 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 100,450 p.e. with the reference profile of France (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

5.3estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (14,558 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

France: this plant on the map

this plant on the map · regional directory.

NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Vallauris	3.9 km	64,400	29,371	primary, secondary and tertiary
Valbonne Sophia Antipolis	7.9 km	29,000	25,886	primary, secondary and tertiary
Cagnes-Sur-Mer 2	9.5 km	130,000	84,507	primary, secondary and tertiary
Sant-Laurent Du Var	11.3 km	110,000	62,728	primary, secondary and tertiary
Nice-Haliotis	14.4 km	623,333	513,877	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 ANTIBES report?

Reported size: 245,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 100,400 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 ANTIBES?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 100,400 p.e. of reported load: 3,149,864 kWh per year (31.4 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 60 % 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.