WWTP Belfast

United Kingdom · official identifier UKNI_TP00023

3,000,000h-e design capacity (2018) · 3rd of 1,875

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · official identifier UKNI_TP00023 · reported size 3,000,000 h-e design capacity · received load 360,602 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2018. 3rd of 1,875 records with reported size in the inventory of United Kingdom; 3.1 % of the sum of those 1,875 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 3.2 km · 4 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 · 2018

3,000,000h-e design capacity

360,602h-e received load (2018)

12 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

3rd of 1,875by reported size among the 1,875 records with a size in the inventory · 3.1 % 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	yes
Phosphorus removal	not reported
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	54.6220, -5.9090 precision reported by the source: level 1 what it means
Source and year	European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · dataset record

FUENTES PÚBLICAS

What public sources report

Documented milestones

2025-11 · The council recorded the Duncrue Street upgrade as permitted development, including two additional activated sludge tanks. Ayuntamiento de Belfast

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: United Kingdom

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

LOCATION

United Kingdom: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2018	Treatment
Newtownabbey (Whitehouse)	3.2 km	100,000	87,930	primary, secondary and tertiary
Kinnegar	3.8 km	110,000	82,895	primary, secondary and tertiary
Newtowmbreda	6.8 km	44,375	34,497	primary, secondary and tertiary
Greenisland	9.9 km	14,000	12,529	primary, secondary and tertiary
Dunmurry	10.5 km	62,479	53,605	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 Belfast report?

Reported size: 3,000,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 360,602 h-e. Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

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

SOURCE AND CORRECTIONS

Source

reported data · European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · data 2018 · edition 2019 · 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.