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WWTP PRATTELN/RHEIN

Switzerland · official identifier CH_WWTP_283100

500,000h-e design capacity (2022) · 3rd of 705 (tied with 1 others)

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier CH_WWTP_283100 · reported size 500,000 h-e design capacity · received load 26,361 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2022. 3rd of 705 records with reported size in the inventory of Switzerland (tied with 1 others); 3.0 % of the sum of those 705 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 2.6 km · 7 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

500,000h-e design capacity

26,361h-e received load (2022)

5 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

3rd of 705by reported size among the 705 records with a size in the inventory (tied with 1 others) · 3.0 % 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	47.5300, 7.6989 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

1988-05-03 · An intermunicipal agreement provided for conveying Kaiseraugst’s wastewater to the Pratteln treatment plant. Canton of Basel-Landschaft

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 L02; 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

1,452,629reference kWh per year for this load

48.8kWh per h-e (average load) per year

217,894€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

47 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 26,361 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 29,761 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

3.2estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment not reportedreclamation requires additional treatment

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (8,884 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
Ara Ergolz 2	2.6 km	57,700	54,327	primary, secondary and tertiary
Ara Birs	5.8 km	150,000	89,467	primary, secondary and tertiary
Rheinfelden	5.9 km	44,032	39,386	primary, secondary and tertiary
Ara Hersberg	7.5 km	320	347	primary, secondary and tertiary
Ara Frenke 3	7.8 km	10,200	15,204	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 PRATTELN/RHEIN report?

Reported size: 500,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 26,361 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 PRATTELN/RHEIN?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 26,361 p.e. of reported load: 1,452,629 kWh per year (48.8 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.