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WWTP Wittenberg

Germany · official identifier DETP_ST151711000001

180,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 132nd of 3,798 (tied with 1 others)

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier DETP_ST151711000001 · reported size 180,000 h-e design capacity · received load 91,319 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 132nd of 3,798 records with reported size in the inventory of Germany (tied with 1 others); 0.12 % of the sum of those 3,798 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 11.2 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

180,000h-e design capacity
91,319h-e received load (2022)
51 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)
132nd of 3,798by reported size among the 3,798 records with a size in the inventory (tied with 1 others) · 0.12 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated
Treatmentprimary + secondary + tertiary (more stringent) (as reported to the EEA: PST) · reported levels
Nitrogen removalyes
Phosphorus removalyes
UV disinfectionnot reported
Statusactive
Reported coordinates51.8616, 12.5878 precision reported by the source: level 2 what it means
Source and yearEuropean Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · dataset record

FUENTES PÚBLICAS

What public sources report

Documented milestones

  • 2020-12-18 · The 2023 municipal plan records a discharge permit for Wittenberg’s treatment plant dated December 2020. City of Wittenberg

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle3,534,380 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

3,181,351reference kWh per year for this load
34.8kWh per h-e (average load) per year
477,203€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh
54 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 91,319 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 91,393 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

7.2estimated hm³ of treated water per year
tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (19,725 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

PlantDistanceCapacity (h-e)Load 2022Treatment
Coswig11.2 km20,00015,467primary, secondary and tertiary
Oranienbaum13.8 km43,00030,677primary, secondary and tertiary
Elster15.4 km2,5002,493primary and secondary
Gräfenhainichen16.5 km15,00011,052primary, secondary and tertiary
Merschwitz19.9 km15,0009,244primary, 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 Wittenberg report?

Reported size: 180,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 91,319 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 Wittenberg?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 91,319 p.e. of reported load: 3,181,351 kWh per year (34.8 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 54 % 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.