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WWTP Oczyszczalnia Ścieków w Białymstoku

Poland · official identifier PLPL0010

740,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 9th of 1,654

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier PLPL0010 · reported size 740,000 h-e design capacity · received load 364,343 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 9th of 1,654 records with reported size in the inventory of Poland; 1.4 % of the sum of those 1,654 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 8.1 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

740,000h-e design capacity

364,343h-e received load (2022)

49 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

9th of 1,654by reported size among the 1,654 records with a size in the inventory · 1.4 % 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	53.1697, 23.0885 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 (Aglomeracja Białystok): 276,363 inhabitants (2024, Polish Waters).

Documented milestones

1994 · The municipal wastewater treatment plant in Białystok entered service after construction began in the 1970s. City of Białystok
2024-12-17 · The plant permit (B.RUZ.4210.66.2024) became final, according to the national report. Polish Waters

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	21,517,000 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: Poland

Regulatory framework of Poland · 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

7,793,801reference kWh per year for this load

27.4kWh per h-e (average load) per year

1,169,070€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

66 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 364,343 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 283,969 p.e. with the reference profile of Poland (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

14.4estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (39,349 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Poland: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Oczyszczalnia Ścieków W Choroszczy	8.1 km	9,836	6,889	primary and secondary
Oczyszczalnia Ścieków Czarna Białostocka	17.0 km	11,289	10,034	primary, secondary and tertiary
Krypno Wielkie	18.5 km	3,400	2,169	primary and secondary
Oczyszczalnia Ścieków W Knyszynie	18.9 km	6,000	2,902	primary and secondary
Tykocin	22.5 km	5,000	5,003	primary and secondary

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

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP Oczyszczalnia Ścieków w Białymstoku report?

Reported size: 740,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 364,343 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 Oczyszczalnia Ścieków w Białymstoku?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 364,343 p.e. of reported load: 7,793,801 kWh per year (27.4 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 66 % 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.