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WWTP GRENOBLE / AQUAPOLE

France · official identifier FR060938170002

433,333h-e design capacity (2022) · 24th of 4,051

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier FR060938170002 · reported size 433,333 h-e design capacity · received load 442,812 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2022. 24th of 4,051 records with reported size in the inventory of France; 0.44 % of the sum of those 4,051 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

433,333h-e design capacity

442,812h-e received load (2022)

102 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

24th of 4,051by reported size among the 4,051 records with a size in the inventory · 0.44 % 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 (as reported to the EEA: PS) · reported levels
Nitrogen removal	not reported
Phosphorus removal	not reported
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	45.2537, 5.6456 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

1988 · The national register dates the commissioning of this facility to 1988. 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 L02; 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

11,913,706reference kWh per year for this load

26.9kWh per h-e (average load) per year

1,787,056€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

67 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 442,812 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 443,035 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

23.4estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment not reportedreclamation requires additional treatment

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (64,208 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

France: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Moirans / Aquantis	6.8 km	65,500	67,854	primary and secondary
Vourey /Les Devez	10.0 km	6,000	4,448	primary, secondary and tertiary
Tullins / Fure	10.0 km	28,817	25,552	primary, secondary and tertiary
Montbonnot-Saint-Martin / Sizov 2 (Innovallée)	13.9 km	35,000	17,727	primary, secondary and tertiary
Saint-Martin-D'Uriage/Le Sonnant D'Uriage	16.3 km	11,700	8,858	primary and secondary

Distances are between reported coordinates; proximity does not establish a hydraulic connection.

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP GRENOBLE / AQUAPOLE report?

Reported size: 433,333 h-e design capacity. Received load: 442,812 h-e. Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

Treatment PS. Nitrogen, phosphorus and UV are shown only when explicitly reported.

How much energy would a reference plant use with the load of GRENOBLE / AQUAPOLE?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 442,812 p.e. of reported load: 11,913,706 kWh per year (26.9 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 67 % 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.