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WWTP 2540212001 KA Hildesheim

Germany · official identifier DETP_NI254021201

240,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 91st of 3,798 (tied with 3 others)

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier DETP_NI254021201 · reported size 240,000 h-e design capacity · received load 170,515 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 91st of 3,798 records with reported size in the inventory of Germany (tied with 3 others); 0.16 % of the sum of those 3,798 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 4.0 km · 5 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

240,000h-e design capacity
170,515h-e received load (2022)
71 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)
91st of 3,798by reported size among the 3,798 records with a size in the inventory (tied with 3 others) · 0.16 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated
Treatmentprimary + secondary + tertiary (more stringent) (as reported to the EEA: PST) · reported levels
Nitrogen removalyes
Phosphorus removalyes
UV disinfectionnot reported
Statusactive
Reported coordinates52.1797, 9.9248 precision reported by the source: level 2 what it means
Source and yearEuropean Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · dataset record

FUENTES PÚBLICAS

What public sources report

Documented milestones

  • 1998 · The Hildesheim wastewater treatment plant reached a design capacity of 240,000 population equivalents after its expansion was completed in 1998. Leibniz University Hannover

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle8,944,400 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 L03; it does not change the official data.

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: Germany

Regulatory framework of Germany · 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

5,270,279reference kWh per year for this load
30.9kWh per h-e (average load) per year
790,542€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh
57 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 170,515 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 170,650 p.e. with the reference profile of Germany (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

13.4estimated hm³ of treated water per year
tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (36,831 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Germany: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

PlantDistanceCapacity (h-e)Load 2022Treatment
2540172009 Ka Giesen4.0 km19,00011,000primary, secondary and tertiary
2540202037 Ka Harsum4.6 km16,00014,317primary, secondary and tertiary
2540282002 Ka Sarstedt9.3 km34,00019,918primary, secondary and tertiary
2540262003 Ka Nordstemmen9.5 km18,00012,583primary, secondary and tertiary
2540032032 Ka Algermissen9.9 km12,0009,400primary, 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 2540212001 KA Hildesheim report?

Reported size: 240,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 170,515 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 2540212001 KA Hildesheim?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 170,515 p.e. of reported load: 5,270,279 kWh per year (30.9 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 57 % 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.