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WWTP NYKVARNSVERKET

Sweden · official identifier SE0580-50-002

235,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 9th of 434

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier SE0580-50-002 · reported size 235,000 h-e design capacity · received load 217,800 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2022. 9th of 434 records with reported size in the inventory of Sweden; 1.6 % of the sum of those 434 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 30.6 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

235,000h-e design capacity

217,800h-e received load (2022)

93 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

9th of 434by reported size among the 434 records with a size in the inventory · 1.6 % 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	yes
Phosphorus removal	yes
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	58.4274, 15.6345 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

2017-09 · In September 2017, a full-scale treatment stage for pharmaceutical residues opened at Nykvarnsverket in Linköping. Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	15,393,000 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 L04; 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

6,927,769reference kWh per year for this load

31.8kWh per h-e (average load) per year

1,039,165€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

58 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 217,800 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 217,660 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

18.8estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment not reportedreclamation requires additional treatment

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (51,619 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Sweden: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Arv Mjolkulla	30.6 km	45,000	37,200	primary and secondary
Arv Axsater	31.2 km	25,000	18,900	primary and secondary
Arv Rimforsa	31.4 km	4,000	2,400	primary and secondary
Arv Hackla	33.6 km	9,000	8,200	primary and secondary
Arv Karshult	35.2 km	40,000	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 NYKVARNSVERKET report?

Reported size: 235,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 217,800 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 NYKVARNSVERKET?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 217,800 p.e. of reported load: 6,927,769 kWh per year (31.8 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.