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WWTP CONSTANTA NORD
Romania · official identifier RO2CT_510
255,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 13th of 1,622
European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier RO2CT_510 · reported size 255,000 h-e design capacity · received load 141,485 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 13th of 1,622 records with reported size in the inventory of Romania; 1.1 % of the sum of those 1,622 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 4.3 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
| 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 | 44.2120, 28.6450 precision reported by the source: level 1 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
- 2002-08-07 · A 2002 amendment to the ISPA programme retained plans to divert domestic wastewater pumped towards Constanța South to the North treatment plant. Romanian Ministry of Justice
Other published data
| Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle | 22,941,800 m³/year (2022) · source |
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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: Romania
Regulatory framework of Romania · 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
what this estimate is · Inputs: 141,485 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 63,764 p.e. with the reference profile of Romania (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
what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (22,638 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.
NEARBY PLANTS
Nearby wastewater treatment plants
| Plant | Distance | Capacity (h-e) | Load 2022 | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constanta Sud | 4.3 km | 451,600 | 293,977 | primary, secondary and tertiary |
| Rompetrol Rafinare | 13.9 km | 133,331 | 50,054 | primary, secondary and tertiary |
| Poarta Alba | 19.8 km | 54,864 | 13,830 | primary, secondary and tertiary |
| Eforie Sud | 20.5 km | 140,000 | 80,157 | primary, secondary and tertiary |
| Mihail Kogalniceanu | 23.0 km | 12,490 | 5,709 | 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 CONSTANTA NORD report?
Reported size: 255,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 141,485 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 CONSTANTA NORD?
Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 141,485 p.e. of reported load: 2,971,029 kWh per year (46.6 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 47 % 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.