WWTP BURSCOUGH STW

United Kingdom · official identifier UKENNW_UU_TP000025

34,885h-e design capacity (2018) · 424th of 1,875

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · official identifier UKENNW_UU_TP000025 · reported size 34,885 h-e design capacity · received load 34,777 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2018. 424th of 1,875 records with reported size in the inventory of United Kingdom; 0.04 % of the sum of those 1,875 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 5.3 km · 6 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

34,885h-e design capacity

34,777h-e received load (2018)

100 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

424th of 1,875by reported size among the 1,875 records with a size in the inventory · 0.04 % 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	53.6130, -2.8708 precision reported by the source: level 2 what it means
Source and year	European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · dataset record

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
Westhead Stw Humus Tank Effluent	5.3 km	2,391	2,391	primary and secondary
Mere Brow Stw	5.6 km	4,522	4,254	primary and secondary
Skelmersdale Stw	5.6 km	68,513	52,081	primary and secondary
Wigan (Hoscar) Stw	5.9 km	410,498	391,473	primary and secondary
Croston Stw	7.7 km	23,057	23,057	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 BURSCOUGH STW report?

Reported size: 34,885 h-e design capacity. Received load: 34,777 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.