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WWTP Flesland renseanlegg

Norway · official identifier NO4601.0330.01

152,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 10th of 340

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier NO4601.0330.01 · reported size 152,000 h-e design capacity · received load 234,490 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2022. 10th of 340 records with reported size in the inventory of Norway; 2.0 % of the sum of those 340 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 5.2 km · 10 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

152,000h-e design capacity

234,490h-e received load (2022)

154 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

10th of 340by reported size among the 340 records with a size in the inventory · 2.0 % 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 (as reported to the EEA: PS) · reported levels
Nitrogen removal	not reported
Phosphorus removal	not reported
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	60.2834, 5.2084 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

1987 · The Flesland wastewater treatment plant in Bergen entered service. Municipality of Bergen

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	12,141,473 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: Norway

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

SCENARIO

Reference energy scenario for this load estimate · simulator engine

6,137,716reference kWh per year for this load

33.6kWh per h-e (average load) per year

920,657€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

56 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 234,490 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 182,902 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

17.1estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment not reportedreclamation requires additional treatment

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (46,898 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Norway: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Skareveien	5.2 km	125	168	primary
Skarehaugane	5.4 km	190	127	primary
Knappen Renseanlegg	5.7 km	63,000	74,149	primary, secondary and tertiary
Håkonshella	6.8 km	140	1,091	primary
Alvøen	8.0 km	111	95	primary

Distances are between reported coordinates; proximity does not establish a hydraulic connection.

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP Flesland renseanlegg report?

Reported size: 152,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 234,490 h-e. Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

Treatment PS. Nitrogen, phosphorus and UV are shown only when explicitly reported.

How much energy would a reference plant use with the load of Flesland renseanlegg?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 234,490 p.e. of reported load: 6,137,716 kWh per year (33.6 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 56 % 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.