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WWTP Münchehofe

Germany · official identifier DETP_BB176

279,300h-e design capacity (2022) · 75th of 3,798

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier DETP_BB176 · reported size 279,300 h-e design capacity · received load 167,472 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 75th of 3,798 records with reported size in the inventory of Germany; 0.19 % of the sum of those 3,798 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 15.3 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

279,300h-e design capacity

167,472h-e received load (2022)

60 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

75th of 3,798by reported size among the 3,798 records with a size in the inventory · 0.19 % 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	52.4886, 13.6588 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 (Münchehofe): 272,319 inhabitants (2023, Brandenburg State Office for the Environment).

Documented milestones

1976 · The Münchehofe treatment plant entered service in 1976. The Münchehofe and Tasdorf sewage irrigation fields were phased out from that year. Berlin Senate Administration
2000 · The Brandenburg inventory records 2000 as the year of the last structural alteration to the Münchehofe treatment plant. Brandenburg State Office for the Environment

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	14,497,000 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 L04; 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

5,183,523reference kWh per year for this load

30.9kWh per h-e (average load) per year

777,528€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

57 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 167,472 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 167,606 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

13.2estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (36,174 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
Werneuchen	15.3 km	15,000	11,694	primary, secondary and tertiary
Waßmannsdorf	17.2 km	1,300,000	1,762,771	primary, secondary and tertiary
Schönerlinde	25.5 km	848,725	956,443	primary, secondary and tertiary
Fürstenwalde	26.7 km	60,000	49,118	primary, secondary and tertiary
Ruhleben	29.3 km	1,600,000	2,110,082	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 Münchehofe report?

Reported size: 279,300 h-e design capacity. Received load: 167,472 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 Münchehofe?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 167,472 p.e. of reported load: 5,183,523 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.