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WWTP Düsseldorf-Nord

Germany · official identifier DETP_NW2101

600,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 24th of 3,798 (tied with 3 others)

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier DETP_NW2101 · reported size 600,000 h-e design capacity · received load 388,297 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 24th of 3,798 records with reported size in the inventory of Germany (tied with 3 others); 0.41 % of the sum of those 3,798 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 8.5 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

600,000h-e design capacity

388,297h-e received load (2022)

65 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

24th of 3,798by reported size among the 3,798 records with a size in the inventory (tied with 3 others) · 0.41 % 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	51.2781, 6.6906 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

Population of the served area (Düsseldorf-Nord): 341,567 inhabitants (2025, North Rhine-Westphalia environmental authority).

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	39,644,668 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: 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

11,256,369reference kWh per year for this load

29.0kWh per h-e (average load) per year

1,688,455€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

61 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 388,297 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 388,607 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

30.6estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (83,872 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

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Neuss-Ost	8.5 km	420,000	450,109	primary, secondary and tertiary
Ratingen	8.6 km	80,000	60,664	primary, secondary and tertiary
Düsseldorf-Süd	9.9 km	1,090,000	641,733	primary, secondary and tertiary
Kaarst- Nordkanal	10.6 km	80,000	67,828	primary, secondary and tertiary
Duisburg-Huckingen	11.2 km	135,615	108,000	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 Düsseldorf-Nord report?

Reported size: 600,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 388,297 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 Düsseldorf-Nord?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 388,297 p.e. of reported load: 11,256,369 kWh per year (29.0 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 61 % 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.