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WWTP BIRMINGHAM & BLACK COUNTRY NO. 1 (MINWORTH) STW

United Kingdom · official identifier UKENMI_ST_TP000156

1,900,000h-e design capacity (2018) · 6th of 1,875

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · official identifier UKENMI_ST_TP000156 · reported size 1,900,000 h-e design capacity · received load 1,868,865 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2018. 6th of 1,875 records with reported size in the inventory of United Kingdom; 2.0 % of the sum of those 1,875 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 3.0 km · 2 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

1,900,000h-e design capacity
1,868,865h-e received load (2018)
98 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)
6th of 1,875by reported size among the 1,875 records with a size in the inventory · 2.0 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated
Treatmentprimary + secondary (as reported to the EEA: PS) · reported levels
Nitrogen removalnot reported
Phosphorus removalyes
UV disinfectionnot reported
Statusactive
Reported coordinates52.5288, -1.7582 precision reported by the source: level 2 what it means
Source and yearEuropean Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · dataset record

PUBLIC SOURCES

What public sources report

Documented milestones

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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 L02; it does not change the official data.

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Regulatory reference: 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

PlantDistanceCapacity (h-e)Load 2018Treatment
Birmingham East (Coleshill) Stw3.0 km240,000239,341primary and secondary
Hurley Stw · Ukenmi_st_tp0001138.1 km3,5003,179primary and secondary
Arley Stw11.6 km7,0003,418primary and secondary
Little Aston Stw12.0 km27,50022,866primary and secondary
Barston Stw12.4 km70,00063,917primary 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 BIRMINGHAM & BLACK COUNTRY NO. 1 (MINWORTH) STW report?

Reported size: 1,900,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 1,868,865 h-e. Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

Treatment PS. 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.