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WWTP Zakład Południe

Poland · official identifier PLMZ0012

580,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 10th of 1,654

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier PLMZ0012 · reported size 580,000 h-e design capacity · received load 386,346 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 10th of 1,654 records with reported size in the inventory of Poland; 1.1 % of the sum of those 1,654 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 9.8 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

580,000h-e design capacity

386,346h-e received load (2022)

67 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

10th of 1,654by reported size among the 1,654 records with a size in the inventory · 1.1 % 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	52.1854, 21.1015 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

2024-06-14 · The national programme recorded technical acceptance of a type RM investment at the plant. Polish Waters

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	21,654,000 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 L03; 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

8,233,404reference kWh per year for this load

27.3kWh per h-e (average load) per year

1,235,011€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

66 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 386,346 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 301,115 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

15.2estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (41,725 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
Plmz0300	9.8 km	30,000	22,152	primary, secondary and tertiary
Józefów · Plmz0082	11.4 km	18,000	17,837	primary, secondary and tertiary
Zamienie	11.5 km	38,272	13,101	primary, secondary and tertiary
Oczyszczalnia Ścieków W Falentach	12.4 km	38,250	31,811	primary, secondary and tertiary
Piaseczno	13.2 km	163,500	131,725	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 Zakład Południe report?

Reported size: 580,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 386,346 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 Zakład Południe?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 386,346 p.e. of reported load: 8,233,404 kWh per year (27.3 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.