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WWTP Ave

Portugal · official identifier PTAGL112tp01

257,560h-e design capacity (2022) · 13th of 527

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier PTAGL112tp01 · reported size 257,560 h-e design capacity · received load 148,000 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 13th of 527 records with reported size in the inventory of Portugal; 1.5 % of the sum of those 527 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 8.2 km · 4 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

257,560h-e design capacity

148,000h-e received load (2022)

57 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

13th of 527by reported size among the 527 records with a size in the inventory · 1.5 % 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	not reported
UV disinfection	yes
Status	active
Reported coordinates	41.3676, -8.7062 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

2010-08-31 · The Ave wastewater treatment plant in Tougues, Vila do Conde, was inaugurated. Municipality of Vila do Conde

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: Portugal

Regulatory framework of Portugal · 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

4,668,003reference kWh per year for this load

31.5kWh per h-e (average load) per year

700,200€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

58 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 148,000 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 148,000 p.e. with the reference profile of Portugal (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

10.8estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (29,600 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Portugal: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Macieira de Rates · Ptagl478tp02	8.2 km	8,364	6,000	primary and secondary
Agra i e II	8.8 km	357,740	280,000	primary, secondary and tertiary
Penices	9.9 km	32,400	30,200	primary and secondary
Cambados	12.3 km	26,000	17,900	primary and secondary
Ponte Moreira	15.4 km	47,600	33,700	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 Ave report?

Reported size: 257,560 h-e design capacity. Received load: 148,000 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 Ave?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 148,000 p.e. of reported load: 4,668,003 kWh per year (31.5 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 58 % 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.