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WWTP COSSATO SPOLINA

Italy · official identifier IT01000000000026

520,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 27th of 3,726

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier IT01000000000026 · reported size 520,000 h-e design capacity · received load 114,123 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2022. 27th of 3,726 records with reported size in the inventory of Italy; 0.50 % of the sum of those 3,726 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 7.0 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

520,000h-e design capacity

114,123h-e received load (2022)

22 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

27th of 3,726by reported size among the 3,726 records with a size in the inventory · 0.50 % 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	45.5444, 8.1829 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

2020 · The 2020 technical report recorded acceptance testing for a support workshop at the Cossato-Spolina wastewater treatment plant. Piedmont Water District Authority No. 2

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	14,852,906 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: Italy

Regulatory framework of Italy · 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

3,206,808reference kWh per year for this load

40.7kWh per h-e (average load) per year

481,021€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

50 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 114,123 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 78,746 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

8.3estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment not reportedreclamation requires additional treatment

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (22,825 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
Massazza	7.0 km	37,000	27,955	primary and secondary
Biella Sud - Ponderano	11.0 km	53,000	10,292	primary and secondary
Biella Nord	11.0 km	67,000	36,494	primary and secondary
Cerrione	11.0 km	11,000	9,946	primary and secondary
Gattinara	16.4 km	10,000	9,512	primary and secondary

Distances are between reported coordinates; proximity does not establish a hydraulic connection.

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP COSSATO SPOLINA report?

Reported size: 520,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 114,123 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 COSSATO SPOLINA?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 114,123 p.e. of reported load: 3,206,808 kWh per year (40.7 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.