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WWTP Klaipedos nuoteku valykla

Lithuania · official identifier LT-AG-003-WWTP-01

305,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 3rd of 60

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier LT-AG-003-WWTP-01 · reported size 305,000 h-e design capacity · received load 345,606 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 3rd of 60 records with reported size in the inventory of Lithuania; 8.7 % of the sum of those 60 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 12.3 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

305,000h-e design capacity

345,606h-e received load (2022)

113 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

3rd of 60by reported size among the 60 records with a size in the inventory · 8.7 % 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	yes
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	55.6397, 21.2534 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 · Klaipėda’s wastewater treatment plant in Dumpiai entered service in 1998. Klaipėda City Municipality

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	15,452,207 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: Lithuania

Regulatory framework of Lithuania · 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

9,920,757reference kWh per year for this load

28.8kWh per h-e (average load) per year

1,488,114€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

63 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 345,606 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 344,985 p.e. with the reference profile of Lithuania (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

23.5estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (64,283 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Lithuania: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Kretingos Nuoteku Valykla	25.7 km	32,000	35,162	primary, secondary and tertiary
Silutes Nuoteku Valykla	35.1 km	59,000	37,682	primary, secondary and tertiary
Nidos Nuoteku Valykla	37.9 km	6,700	2,220	primary and secondary
Plunges Nuoteku Valykla	43.4 km	33,660	27,324	primary, secondary and tertiary
Palangos Nuoteku Valykla	48.2 km	36,000	26,517	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 Klaipedos nuoteku valykla report?

Reported size: 305,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 345,606 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 Klaipedos nuoteku valykla?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 345,606 p.e. of reported load: 9,920,757 kWh per year (28.8 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 63 % 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.