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WWTP SE BRAILA

Romania · official identifier RO2BR_51

297,500h-e design capacity (2022) · 12th of 1,622

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier RO2BR_51 · reported size 297,500 h-e design capacity · received load 101,421 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2022. 12th of 1,622 records with reported size in the inventory of Romania; 1.3 % of the sum of those 1,622 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 5.0 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

297,500h-e design capacity

101,421h-e received load (2022)

34 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

12th of 1,622by reported size among the 1,622 records with a size in the inventory · 1.3 % 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 (as reported to the EEA: PS) · reported levels
Nitrogen removal	not reported
Phosphorus removal	not reported
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	45.2780, 27.9570 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

2011 · Brăila’s municipal wastewater treatment plant entered service in 2011. Municipality of Brăila

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	11,181,800 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

2,277,441reference kWh per year for this load

49.8kWh per h-e (average load) per year

341,616€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

47 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 101,421 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 45,706 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

5.9estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment not reportedreclamation requires additional treatment

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (16,227 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Romania: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Roco_42682_00	5.0 km	188,026	110,762	not reported
Centrul Operational Macin	14.4 km	10,000	6,498	primary, secondary and tertiary
Rowp Galati	19.3 km	369,000	231,841	primary, secondary and tertiary
Rowp Primaria Greci	20.2 km	7,500	1,210	primary and secondary
Luncavita	24.8 km	4,500	3,536	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 SE BRAILA report?

Reported size: 297,500 h-e design capacity. Received load: 101,421 h-e. Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

Treatment PS. Nitrogen, phosphorus and UV are shown only when explicitly reported.

How much energy would a reference plant use with the load of SE BRAILA?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 101,421 p.e. of reported load: 2,277,441 kWh per year (49.8 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.