WWTP EDINBURGH, SEAFIELD WWTW

United Kingdom · official identifier UKSC_TP00070

752,367h-e design capacity (2018) · 13th of 1,875

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · official identifier UKSC_TP00070 · reported size 752,367 h-e design capacity · received load 764,659 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2018. 13th of 1,875 records with reported size in the inventory of United Kingdom; 0.79 % of the sum of those 1,875 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 15.0 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

752,367h-e design capacity

764,659h-e received load (2018)

102 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

13th of 1,875by reported size among the 1,875 records with a size in the inventory · 0.79 % 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	55.9706, -3.1423 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

FUENTES PÚBLICAS

What public sources report

Documented milestones

1978-04 · Wastewater treatment began in Edinburgh with the completion of Seafield. Tampere University, WaterTime case study

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
Ormiston Wwtw	15.0 km	5,100	3,075	primary, secondary and tertiary
Penicuik Wwtw	15.5 km	15,367	13,191	primary, secondary and tertiary
Gorebridge Wwtw	15.5 km	5,126	4,034	primary and secondary
Newbridge Wwtw	16.3 km	76,133	39,818	primary, secondary and tertiary
Kirkcaldy Wwtw	16.4 km	73,000	61,055	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 EDINBURGH, SEAFIELD WWTW report?

Reported size: 752,367 h-e design capacity. Received load: 764,659 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.