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WWTP BARLETTA

Italy · official identifier IT160000000067

129,356h-e design capacity (2022) · 131st of 3,726

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier IT160000000067 · reported size 129,356 h-e design capacity · received load 142,188 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 131st of 3,726 records with reported size in the inventory of Italy; 0.12 % of the sum of those 3,726 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 9.0 km · 2 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

129,356h-e design capacity

142,188h-e received load (2022)

110 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

131st of 3,726by reported size among the 3,726 records with a size in the inventory · 0.12 % 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	not reported
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	41.3257, 16.2494 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

2017-08-01 · In August 2017, the Municipality of Barletta announced the completion of work to expand its wastewater treatment plant. Municipality of Barletta

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 L06; it does not change the official data.

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: Italy

Regulatory framework of Italy · Directive (EU) 2024/3019: reported-capacity band 10,000 to 149,999 p.e.; 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

3,820,200reference kWh per year for this load

38.9kWh per h-e (average load) per year

573,030€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

50 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 142,188 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 98,111 p.e. with the reference profile of Italy (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

10.4estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (28,438 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Italy: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Margherita_di_savoia	9.0 km	23,985	18,138	primary, secondary and tertiary
Andria	9.3 km	149,050	242,587	primary, secondary and tertiary
Trani	14.1 km	83,667	66,855	primary, secondary and tertiary
Trinitapoli	14.3 km	21,024	16,673	primary, secondary and tertiary
San_ferdinando_di_puglia	15.5 km	14,473	28,836	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 BARLETTA report?

Reported size: 129,356 h-e design capacity. Received load: 142,188 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 BARLETTA?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 142,188 p.e. of reported load: 3,820,200 kWh per year (38.9 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 50 % 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.