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WWTP FERRARA
Italy · official identifier IT08000000000070
240,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 64th of 3,726 (tied with 3 others)
European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier IT08000000000070 · reported size 240,000 h-e design capacity · received load 128,302 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 64th of 3,726 records with reported size in the inventory of Italy (tied with 3 others); 0.23 % of the sum of those 3,726 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 3.5 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
| Treatment | primary + secondary + tertiary (more stringent) (as reported to the EEA: PST) · reported levels |
|---|---|
| Nitrogen removal | yes |
| Phosphorus removal | yes |
| UV disinfection | not reported |
| Status | active |
| Reported coordinates | 44.8653, 11.6287 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 · In 2017, a project to reduce energy use on both treatment lines at the Ferrara wastewater treatment plant in Via Gramicia was completed. Municipality of Ferrara
Other published data
| Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle | 16,014,226 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 L03; 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
what this estimate is · Inputs: 128,302 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 88,527 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
what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (25,660 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.
NEARBY PLANTS
Nearby wastewater treatment plants
| Plant | Distance | Capacity (h-e) | Load 2022 | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occhiobello_viale_stazione | 3.5 km | 12,000 | 10,140 | primary, secondary and tertiary |
| Vigarano_mainarda | 10.4 km | 4,000 | 4,028 | primary, secondary and tertiary |
| Stienta_via_maffei | 11.1 km | 3,000 | 2,377 | primary, secondary and tertiary |
| Fiesso_umbertiano_via_roncale | 11.6 km | 800 | 502 | primary, secondary and tertiary |
| Fiesso_umbertiano_via_cerdi | 11.6 km | 4,000 | 2,519 | 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 FERRARA report?
Reported size: 240,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 128,302 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 FERRARA?
Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 128,302 p.e. of reported load: 3,520,055 kWh per year (39.8 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.