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WWTP Nürnberg I

Germany · official identifier DETP_BYN-K0005

1,400,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 5th of 3,798

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier DETP_BYN-K0005 · reported size 1,400,000 h-e design capacity · received load 851,997 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 5th of 3,798 records with reported size in the inventory of Germany; 0.96 % of the sum of those 3,798 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 1.8 km · 4 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

1,400,000h-e design capacity

851,997h-e received load (2022)

61 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

5th of 3,798by reported size among the 3,798 records with a size in the inventory · 0.96 % 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	49.4654, 11.0204 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

1931 · Nuremberg’s wastewater treatment plant No. 1 entered service. Ayuntamiento de Núremberg
1932 · The grit chamber at treatment plant No. 1 entered service. Ayuntamiento de Núremberg

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	48,144,637 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

23,756,034reference kWh per year for this load

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

3,563,405€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

64 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 851,997 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 852,677 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

67.2estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (184,031 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
Nürnberg II	1.8 km	230,000	309,369	primary, secondary and tertiary
Fürth	3.7 km	265,000	190,650	primary, secondary and tertiary
Veitsbronn	9.3 km	12,000	7,883	primary, secondary and tertiary
Seukendorf	9.7 km	4,900	5,117	primary, secondary and tertiary
Heroldsberg	11.0 km	12,000	10,687	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 Nürnberg I report?

Reported size: 1,400,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 851,997 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 Nürnberg I?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 851,997 p.e. of reported load: 23,756,034 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.