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WWTP Szeged - Szennyviztisztito Telep

Hungary · official identifier HU-WWTP-AIB336

230,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 9th of 829

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier HU-WWTP-AIB336 · reported size 230,000 h-e design capacity · received load 380,373 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2022. 9th of 829 records with reported size in the inventory of Hungary; 1.5 % of the sum of those 829 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 5.8 km · 1 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

230,000h-e design capacity
380,373h-e received load (2022)
165 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)
9th of 829by reported size among the 829 records with a size in the inventory · 1.5 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated
Treatmentprimary + secondary (as reported to the EEA: PS) · reported levels
Nitrogen removalnot reported
Phosphorus removalnot reported
UV disinfectionnot reported
Statusactive
Reported coordinates46.2166, 20.1190 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

  • 2006 · The Szeged plant added biological treatment in 2006. Its mechanical stage had been in operation since 1998. University of Szeged

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle15,658,200 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: Hungary

Regulatory framework of Hungary · 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

8,709,816reference kWh per year for this load
25.8kWh per h-e (average load) per year
1,306,472€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh
69 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 380,373 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 337,357 p.e. with the reference profile of Hungary (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

13.6estimated hm³ of treated water per year
tertiary treatment not reportedreclamation requires additional treatment

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (37,277 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Hungary: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

PlantDistanceCapacity (h-e)Load 2022Treatment
Roszke - Szennyviztisztito Telep5.8 km7,8874,404primary, secondary and tertiary
Algyo - Szennyviztisztito Telep13.4 km12,0005,250primary and secondary
Klarafalva - Szennyviztisztito Telep15.7 km1,950980primary and secondary
Szatymaz - Szennyviztisztito Telep15.9 km12,5508,250primary, secondary and tertiary
Morahalom - Szennyviztisztito Telep16.8 km13,8449,412primary, 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 Szeged - Szennyviztisztito Telep report?

Reported size: 230,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 380,373 h-e. Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

Treatment PS. Nitrogen, phosphorus and UV are shown only when explicitly reported.

How much energy would a reference plant use with the load of Szeged - Szennyviztisztito Telep?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 380,373 p.e. of reported load: 8,709,816 kWh per year (25.8 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 69 % 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.