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WWTP Bekkelaget renseanlegg med tilførselstuneller og overløp

Norway · official identifier NO0301.0979.01

570,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 2nd of 340

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier NO0301.0979.01 · reported size 570,000 h-e design capacity · received load 493,899 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 2nd of 340 records with reported size in the inventory of Norway; 7.6 % of the sum of those 340 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 6.0 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

570,000h-e design capacity

493,899h-e received load (2022)

87 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

2nd of 340by reported size among the 340 records with a size in the inventory · 7.6 % 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	59.8839, 10.7701 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

Population of the served area (Sur y este de Oslo y parte de Nordre Follo): 310,000 inhabitants (2025, City of Oslo).

Documented milestones

2021 · The expansion of Bekkelaget wastewater treatment plant was completed. City of Oslo

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	47,998,518 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: Norway

Regulatory framework of Norway. Individual applicability is not determined in this profile.

SCENARIO

Reference energy scenario for this load estimate · simulator engine

12,162,570reference kWh per year for this load

31.6kWh per h-e (average load) per year

1,824,385€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

60 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 493,899 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 385,242 p.e. with the reference profile of Norway (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

36.1estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (98,780 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Norway: 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
Nordre Follo Renseanlegg	14.5 km	56,000	38,720	primary, secondary and tertiary
Nra (Nedre Romerike Avløpsanlegg)	16.1 km	228,170	234,853	primary, secondary and tertiary
Sentralrenseanlegg Vest (Veas)	18.2 km	1,100,000	707,000	primary, secondary and tertiary
Rotnes Renseanlegg	19.8 km	10,000	9,820	primary, secondary and tertiary
Flateby Renseanlegg	22.1 km	4,000	4,450	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 Bekkelaget renseanlegg med tilførselstuneller og overløp report?

Reported size: 570,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 493,899 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 Bekkelaget renseanlegg med tilførselstuneller og overløp?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 493,899 p.e. of reported load: 12,162,570 kWh per year (31.6 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.