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WWTP BURY ST. EDMUNDS STW

United Kingdom · official identifier UKENAN_AW_TP000047

120,000h-e design capacity (2018) · 145th of 1,875 (tied with 1 others)

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · official identifier UKENAN_AW_TP000047 · reported size 120,000 h-e design capacity · received load 90,814 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2018. 145th of 1,875 records with reported size in the inventory of United Kingdom (tied with 1 others); 0.13 % of the sum of those 1,875 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 4.4 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

120,000h-e design capacity
90,814h-e received load (2018)
76 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)
145th of 1,875by reported size among the 1,875 records with a size in the inventory (tied with 1 others) · 0.13 % 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 coordinates52.2775, 0.7002 precision reported by the source: level 2 what it means
Source and yearEuropean Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · dataset record

FUENTES PÚBLICAS

What public sources report

Documented milestones

  • 1965-02-15 · The environmental register records the start of discharge permit AN/AW1NF545/001 for the wastewater treatment plant. Environment Agency

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 L07; 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

PlantDistanceCapacity (h-e)Load 2018Treatment
West Stow Stw4.4 km3,6002,655primary and secondary
Thurston Stw7.4 km7,5006,594primary and secondary
Tuddenham Stw10.3 km6,2296,229primary and secondary
Stanton Stw · Ukenan_aw_tp00025014.1 km5,7995,799primary and secondary
Elmswell Stw14.7 km6,4666,412primary 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 BURY ST. EDMUNDS STW report?

Reported size: 120,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 90,814 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.