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WWTP PITESTI

Romania · official identifier RO3AG_51

320,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 11th of 1,622

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier RO3AG_51 · reported size 320,000 h-e design capacity · received load 203,495 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 11th of 1,622 records with reported size in the inventory of Romania; 1.4 % of the sum of those 1,622 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 7.3 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

320,000h-e design capacity

203,495h-e received load (2022)

64 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

11th of 1,622by reported size among the 1,622 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	44.8360, 24.9226 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

2014 · The 2014–2020 Argeș regional project included an expansion of sludge treatment at the Pitești wastewater treatment plant. Municipality of Pitești

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	31,119,600 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: 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

3,966,885reference kWh per year for this load

43.3kWh per h-e (average load) per year

595,033€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

47 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 203,495 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 91,708 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

11.9estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (32,559 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Romania: this plant on the map

this plant on the map · regional directory.

NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Rowp Bradu	7.3 km	2,000	1,076	primary and secondary
Rowp Serv Edilitare Ptr Comunitate Mioveni	11.3 km	52,696	17,218	primary, secondary and tertiary
Cgp Topoloveni	13.5 km	7,100	2,729	primary and secondary
Rowp Priboieni	13.6 km	3,500	88	primary and secondary
Rowp Servicii Edilitare Pentru Comunitate - Sistem Public de	14.1 km	2,400	44	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 PITESTI report?

Reported size: 320,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 203,495 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 PITESTI?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 203,495 p.e. of reported load: 3,966,885 kWh per year (43.3 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.