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WWTP Ruhleben

Germany · official identifier DETP_BE01

1,600,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 3rd of 3,798

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier DETP_BE01 · reported size 1,600,000 h-e design capacity · received load 2,110,082 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 3rd of 3,798 records with reported size in the inventory of Germany; 1.1 % of the sum of those 3,798 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 13.5 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

1,600,000h-e design capacity

2,110,082h-e received load (2022)

132 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

3rd of 3,798by reported size among the 3,798 records with a size in the inventory · 1.1 % 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	yes
Status	active
Reported coordinates	52.5316, 13.2317 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

1963 · The Ruhleben wastewater treatment plant entered service. Administración ambiental de Berlín
1983 · A second expansion phase was completed at Ruhleben. Administración ambiental de Berlín
1985 · Ruhleben added biological phosphorus removal, nitrification and denitrification. Administración ambiental de Berlín

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	90,778,350 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

58,835,075reference kWh per year for this load

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

8,825,261€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

64 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 2,110,082 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 2,111,771 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

166.4estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (455,778 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
Wansdorf	13.5 km	270,000	186,537	primary, secondary and tertiary
Stahnsdorf	17.2 km	317,000	98,418	primary, secondary and tertiary
Potsdam-Nord	17.4 km	140,000	182,129	primary, secondary and tertiary
Satzkorn	18.1 km	10,000	8,576	primary, secondary and tertiary
Schönerlinde	19.4 km	848,725	956,443	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 Ruhleben report?

Reported size: 1,600,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 2,110,082 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 Ruhleben?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 2,110,082 p.e. of reported load: 58,835,075 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.