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WWTP BISCHOFSZELL

Switzerland · official identifier CH_WWTP_447100

150,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 16th of 705 (tied with 1 others)

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier CH_WWTP_447100 · reported size 150,000 h-e design capacity · received load 89,073 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2022. 16th of 705 records with reported size in the inventory of Switzerland (tied with 1 others); 0.91 % of the sum of those 705 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 3.5 km · 5 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

150,000h-e design capacity

89,073h-e received load (2022)

59 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

16th of 705by reported size among the 705 records with a size in the inventory (tied with 1 others) · 0.91 % 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	not reported
Phosphorus removal	yes
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	47.4971, 9.2344 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

1972 · The regional wastewater treatment plant at the confluence of the Sitter and Thur in Bischofszell entered service. City of Bischofszell

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	3,655,099 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 L05; it does not change the official data.

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: Switzerland

Regulatory framework of Switzerland. Individual applicability is not determined in this profile.

SCENARIO

Reference energy scenario for this load estimate · simulator engine

3,831,159reference kWh per year for this load

38.1kWh per h-e (average load) per year

574,674€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

49 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 89,073 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 100,560 p.e. with the reference profile of Switzerland (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

11estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment reporteda starting point for reclamation

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (30,018 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Switzerland: 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
Niederbüren	3.5 km	25,633	22,540	primary, secondary and tertiary
Uzwil	8.5 km	30,000	21,427	primary, secondary and tertiary
Hefenhofen(Aachtal,Moos)	8.9 km	42,000	30,487	primary, secondary and tertiary
Flawil - Oberglatt	9.6 km	56,667	37,882	primary, secondary and tertiary
Zuzwil	9.9 km	7,883	5,380	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 BISCHOFSZELL report?

Reported size: 150,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 89,073 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 BISCHOFSZELL?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 89,073 p.e. of reported load: 3,831,159 kWh per year (38.1 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 49 % 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.