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WWTP Galway

Ireland · official identifier IETP_D0050

170,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 6th of 191

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier IETP_D0050 · reported size 170,000 h-e design capacity · received load 104,046 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2022. 6th of 191 records with reported size in the inventory of Ireland; 3.0 % of the sum of those 191 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 10.1 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

170,000h-e design capacity

104,046h-e received load (2022)

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

6th of 191by reported size among the 191 records with a size in the inventory · 3.0 % 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 (as reported to the EEA: PS) · reported levels
Nitrogen removal	not reported
Phosphorus removal	not reported
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	53.2779, -9.0514 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

2010-04-14 · Environmental licence D0050-01 was granted in 2010 for the Galway wastewater system, which includes the Mutton Island plant. Environmental Protection Agency of Ireland

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	19,261,780 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 L05; it does not change the official data.

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: Ireland

Regulatory framework of Ireland · 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

3,521,972reference kWh per year for this load

33.9kWh per h-e (average load) per year

528,296€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

56 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 104,046 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 104,045 p.e. with the reference profile of Ireland (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

7.6estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment not reportedreclamation requires additional treatment

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (20,809 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Ireland: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Claregalway	10.1 km	6,000	2,282	primary, secondary and tertiary
Moycullen	10.6 km	4,000	2,071	primary, secondary and tertiary
Athenry	20.4 km	9,500	6,057	primary, secondary and tertiary
Gort	28.4 km	4,310	3,612	primary, secondary and tertiary
Tuam	29.8 km	24,834	11,387	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 Galway report?

Reported size: 170,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 104,046 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 Galway?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 104,046 p.e. of reported load: 3,521,972 kWh per year (33.9 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 56 % 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.