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WWTP München I

Germany · official identifier DETP_BYM-K0002

1,950,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 2nd of 3,798

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier DETP_BYM-K0002 · reported size 1,950,000 h-e design capacity · received load 876,587 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 2nd of 3,798 records with reported size in the inventory of Germany; 1.3 % of the sum of those 3,798 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 3.3 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

1,950,000h-e design capacity

876,587h-e received load (2022)

45 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

2nd of 3,798by reported size among the 3,798 records with a size in the inventory · 1.3 % 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	48.2095, 11.7052 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

1922 · Construction began on the Gut Großlappen wastewater treatment plant. Ayuntamiento de Múnich
1926 · Mechanical wastewater treatment began at Gut Großlappen. Ayuntamiento de Múnich

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	106,422,700 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 L02; 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

24,441,745reference kWh per year for this load

27.9kWh per h-e (average load) per year

3,666,262€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

64 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 876,587 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 877,289 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

69.1estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (189,343 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
Unterföhring	3.3 km	20,000	14,944	primary, secondary and tertiary
Ismaning	4.2 km	38,000	25,517	primary, secondary and tertiary
Garching Bei München	6.8 km	45,000	28,373	primary, secondary and tertiary
Gku Ve München-Ost	8.5 km	149,500	147,340	primary, secondary and tertiary
München II - Gut Marienhof	9.5 km	1,000,000	855,000	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 München I report?

Reported size: 1,950,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 876,587 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 München I?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 876,587 p.e. of reported load: 24,441,745 kWh per year (27.9 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 64 % 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.