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WWTP Øra avløpsanlegg

Norway · official identifier NO3107.0134.01

120,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 16th of 340

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier NO3107.0134.01 · reported size 120,000 h-e design capacity · received load 155,650 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 16th of 340 records with reported size in the inventory of Norway; 1.6 % of the sum of those 340 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 11.6 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

120,000h-e design capacity

155,650h-e received load (2022)

130 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

16th of 340by reported size among the 340 records with a size in the inventory · 1.6 % 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	not reported
Phosphorus removal	yes
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	59.1831, 10.9678 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

2026-06-11 · On 11 June 2026, the discharge permit conditions applying to Øra wastewater treatment plant in Fredrikstad were amended. County Governor of Østfold, Buskerud, Oslo and Akershus

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 L07; 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

4,372,026reference kWh per year for this load

36.0kWh per h-e (average load) per year

655,804€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

52 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 155,650 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 121,407 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

11.4estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (31,130 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
Alvim Renseanlegg	11.6 km	60,000	77,259	primary, secondary and tertiary
Remmendalen Avløpsanlegg	23.5 km	42,000	46,886	primary, secondary and tertiary
Tønsberg Renseanlegg	28.1 km	160,000	158,206	primary, secondary and tertiary
Fuglevik Avløpsanlegg	28.3 km	192,000	105,460	primary, secondary and tertiary
Hoel (Meieribyen) Renseanlegg	33.0 km	2,500	631	not reported

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

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP Øra avløpsanlegg report?

Reported size: 120,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 155,650 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 Øra avløpsanlegg?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 155,650 p.e. of reported load: 4,372,026 kWh per year (36.0 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.