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WWTP 2550232001 KA Holzminden

Germany · official identifier DETP_NI255023201

340,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 56th of 3,798 (tied with 2 others)

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier DETP_NI255023201 · reported size 340,000 h-e design capacity · received load 98,401 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 56th of 3,798 records with reported size in the inventory of Germany (tied with 2 others); 0.23 % of the sum of those 3,798 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 7.0 km · 3 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

340,000h-e design capacity
98,401h-e received load (2022)
29 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)
56th of 3,798by reported size among the 3,798 records with a size in the inventory (tied with 2 others) · 0.23 % 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 coordinates51.8455, 9.4429 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

  • 1997 · The 1997 federal inventory records drum drying of sludge at the Holzminden wastewater treatment plant on Am Dammbruch. German Environment Agency

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle5,539,803 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

3,376,589reference kWh per year for this load
34.3kWh per h-e (average load) per year
506,488€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh
54 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 98,401 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 98,482 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

7.8estimated hm³ of treated water per year
tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (21,255 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
2554062001 Ka Polle/Brevörde7.0 km8,0003,837primary, secondary and tertiary
Höxter7.2 km30,00022,567primary, secondary and tertiary
2550232002 Ka Neuhaus9.8 km5,0002,153primary, secondary and tertiary
2554032001 Ka Boffzen10.7 km9,5003,753primary, secondary and tertiary
Lügde,Rischenau12.2 km3,2002,137primary, 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 2550232001 KA Holzminden report?

Reported size: 340,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 98,401 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 2550232001 KA Holzminden?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 98,401 p.e. of reported load: 3,376,589 kWh per year (34.3 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 54 % 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.