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WWTP UWWTP EMMEN

Netherlands · official identifier NL03022

150,300h-e design capacity (2022) · 36th of 315

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier NL03022 · reported size 150,300 h-e design capacity · received load 110,416 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 36th of 315 records with reported size in the inventory of Netherlands; 0.71 % of the sum of those 315 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 7.0 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

150,300h-e design capacity

110,416h-e received load (2022)

73 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

36th of 315by reported size among the 315 records with a size in the inventory · 0.71 % 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	52.7312, 6.8814 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

2026-10-08 · The province authorised optimisation of the water treatment line at the Emmen wastewater treatment plant in Nieuw-Amsterdam. Province of Drenthe

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	10,863,551 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 L05; 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

4,080,121reference kWh per year for this load

37.0kWh per h-e (average load) per year

612,018€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

52 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 110,416 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 110,284 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

10.6estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (29,150 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Netherlands: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Uwwtp Sleen	7.0 km	25,050	17,783	primary, secondary and tertiary
Uwwtp Coevorden	14.8 km	53,333	48,766	primary, secondary and tertiary
Uwwtp Tweede Exloermond	21.2 km	8,417	7,316	primary, secondary and tertiary
Uwwtp Ter Apel	22.0 km	19,404	18,483	primary, secondary and tertiary
Uwwtp Hardenberg	28.0 km	42,084	36,566	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 EMMEN report?

Reported size: 150,300 h-e design capacity. Received load: 110,416 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 EMMEN?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 110,416 p.e. of reported load: 4,080,121 kWh per year (37.0 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 52 % 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.