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WWTP VALPOCEVERA
Italy · official identifier IT070000000046
160,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 103rd of 3,726 (tied with 3 others)
European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier IT070000000046 · reported size 160,000 h-e design capacity · received load 157,625 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2022. 103rd of 3,726 records with reported size in the inventory of Italy (tied with 3 others); 0.15 % of the sum of those 3,726 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 2.3 km · 6 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 (as reported to the EEA: PS) · reported levels |
|---|---|
| Nitrogen removal | not reported |
| Phosphorus removal | not reported |
| UV disinfection | not reported |
| Status | active |
| Reported coordinates | 44.4165, 8.8787 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
- 1998-05-12 · Funding was approved to refurbish the underwater outfall of the Valpolcevera wastewater treatment plant. Italian Court of Audit, Liguria Section
Other published data
| Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle | 8,144,454 m³/year (2022) · source |
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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: 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: 157,625 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 108,761 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 (31,525 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.
NEARBY PLANTS
Nearby wastewater treatment plants
| Plant | Distance | Capacity (h-e) | Load 2022 | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sestri_ponente | 2.3 km | 130,000 | 49,867 | primary and secondary |
| Darsena | 3.6 km | 220,000 | 118,276 | primary and secondary |
| Pegli | 4.6 km | 40,000 | 20,507 | primary and secondary |
| Punta_vagno | 6.4 km | 250,000 | 199,718 | primary and secondary |
| Sturla | 8.7 km | 60,000 | 43,580 | 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 VALPOCEVERA report?
Reported size: 160,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 157,625 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 VALPOCEVERA?
Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 157,625 p.e. of reported load: 4,146,786 kWh per year (38.1 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.