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WWTP Ta' Barkat Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant

Malta · official identifier MTSSTP

500,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 1st of 4

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier MTSSTP · reported size 500,000 h-e design capacity · received load 376,229 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 1st of 4 records with reported size in the inventory of Malta; 67.7 % of the sum of those 4 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 2.2 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

500,000h-e design capacity

376,229h-e received load (2022)

75 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

1st of 4by reported size among the 4 records with a size in the inventory · 67.7 % 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	not reported
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	35.8811, 14.5551 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

2011 · The Ta’ Barkat wastewater treatment plant in Xgħajra was inaugurated. The reported cost was €60 million. Times of Malta
2014-04-24 · A polishing unit was approved at Ta’ Barkat, designed to receive about 12,000 m³/day of secondary effluent. Times of Malta

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	15,246,812 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: Malta

Regulatory framework of Malta · 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

7,071,819reference kWh per year for this load

25.2kWh per h-e (average load) per year

1,060,773€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

63 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 376,229 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 280,495 p.e. with the reference profile of Malta (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

15.2estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (41,761 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Malta: this plant on the map

this plant on the map · regional directory.

NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Cumnija Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant	21.8 km	80,000	78,412	primary, secondary and tertiary
Ras Il-Hobz Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant	29.3 km	46,000	72,517	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 Ta' Barkat Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant report?

Reported size: 500,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 376,229 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 Ta' Barkat Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 376,229 p.e. of reported load: 7,071,819 kWh per year (25.2 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.