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WWTP UWWTP EINDHOVEN

Netherlands · official identifier NL27003

443,700h-e design capacity (2022) · 3rd of 315

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier NL27003 · reported size 443,700 h-e design capacity · received load 486,133 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 3rd of 315 records with reported size in the inventory of Netherlands; 2.1 % of the sum of those 315 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 12.0 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

443,700h-e design capacity

486,133h-e received load (2022)

110 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

3rd of 315by reported size among the 315 records with a size in the inventory · 2.1 % 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	yes
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	51.4601, 5.5058 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

1991 · A pilot study on biological removal of nitrogen and phosphorus at the Eindhoven wastewater treatment plant was published. Dutch Foundation for Applied Water Research

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	52,309,229 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: Netherlands

Regulatory framework of Netherlands · 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

15,120,846reference kWh per year for this load

31.1kWh per h-e (average load) per year

2,268,127€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

60 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 486,133 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 485,549 p.e. with the reference profile of Netherlands (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

46.8estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (128,339 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Netherlands: 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
Uwwtp St Oedenrode	12.0 km	67,500	73,450	primary, secondary and tertiary
Uwwtp Aarle-Rixtel	12.0 km	324,000	197,333	primary, secondary and tertiary
Uwwtp Soerendonk	17.5 km	32,400	24,833	primary, secondary and tertiary
Uwwtp Asten	18.1 km	54,450	52,716	primary, secondary and tertiary
Uwwtp Dinther	19.7 km	203,400	194,483	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 UWWTP EINDHOVEN report?

Reported size: 443,700 h-e design capacity. Received load: 486,133 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 UWWTP EINDHOVEN?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 486,133 p.e. of reported load: 15,120,846 kWh per year (31.1 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.