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WWTP POZZUOLI_NA_IMPIANTO_NAPOLI_OVEST_CUMA

Italy · official identifier IT15Q15000000008

1,200,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 6th of 3,726

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier IT15Q15000000008 · reported size 1,200,000 h-e design capacity · received load 1,108,455 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 6th of 3,726 records with reported size in the inventory of Italy; 1.1 % of the sum of those 3,726 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 13.7 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

1,200,000h-e design capacity

1,108,455h-e received load (2022)

92 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

6th of 3,726by reported size among the 3,726 records with a size in the inventory · 1.1 % 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	yes
Status	active
Reported coordinates	40.8739, 14.0692 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

2019-12 · Work to upgrade the water treatment line at Cuma, also known as Naples West, was completed. Campania Environmental Protection Agency
2024-07-15 · The regional bulletin published a plan to restore and clear the inlet conduit to the Cuma wastewater treatment plant. Campania Region

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	65,700,000 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

23,742,844reference kWh per year for this load

31.0kWh per h-e (average load) per year

3,561,427€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

60 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 1,108,455 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 764,834 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

80.9estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (221,691 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
Procida_depuratore_loc_sancio_cattolico_marina_grande	13.7 km	not reported	15,981	not reported
Villa_literno_ce_impianto_foce_regi_lagni	16.4 km	672,000	670,132	primary and secondary
Cellole_depuratore_localita_doccia	19.3 km	5,029	4,733	primary and secondary
Rotondi_impianto_di_rotondi_via_patricelli	19.4 km	30,000	33,732	primary and secondary
Ischia_sistema_collettamento_ischia_barano	19.6 km	not reported	not reported	not reported

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

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP POZZUOLI_NA_IMPIANTO_NAPOLI_OVEST_CUMA report?

Reported size: 1,200,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 1,108,455 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 POZZUOLI_NA_IMPIANTO_NAPOLI_OVEST_CUMA?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 1,108,455 p.e. of reported load: 23,742,844 kWh per year (31.0 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 60 % 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.