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WWTP Centrala Avloppsreningsverket
Sweden · official identifier SE1290-50-011
335,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 7th of 434
European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier SE1290-50-011 · reported size 335,000 h-e design capacity · received load 175,000 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2022. 7th of 434 records with reported size in the inventory of Sweden; 2.3 % of the sum of those 434 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 16.0 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 (as reported to the EEA: PS) · reported levels |
|---|---|
| Nitrogen removal | yes |
| Phosphorus removal | yes |
| UV disinfection | not reported |
| Status | active |
| Reported coordinates | 56.0249, 14.1765 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
- 1976 · Kristianstad’s central wastewater treatment plant was built in 1956, expanded in 1976 and renovated in 1992. Kristianstad Municipality
Other published data
| Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle | 8,670,000 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: Sweden
Regulatory framework of Sweden · 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: 175,000 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 174,886 p.e. with the reference profile of Sweden (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 (41,475 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.
NEARBY PLANTS
Nearby wastewater treatment plants
| Plant | Distance | Capacity (h-e) | Load 2022 | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tollarps Avloppsreningsverk | 16.0 km | 9,000 | 8,544 | primary and secondary |
| Vinslovs Avloppsreningsverk | 17.8 km | 5,450 | 2,200 | primary and secondary |
| Knislinge Avloppsreningsverk | 18.8 km | 6,000 | 3,200 | primary and secondary |
| Bromolla Avloppsreningsverk | 19.1 km | 12,800 | 8,300 | primary and secondary |
| Solvesborgs Avloppsreningsverk | 25.1 km | 19,500 | 21,480 | 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 Centrala Avloppsreningsverket report?
Reported size: 335,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 175,000 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 Centrala Avloppsreningsverket?
Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 175,000 p.e. of reported load: 5,664,505 kWh per year (32.4 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 57 % 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.