WWTP ELLON WWTP

United Kingdom · official identifier UKSC_TP00071

15,000h-e design capacity (2018) · 745th of 1,875 (tied with 5 others)

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · official identifier UKSC_TP00071 · reported size 15,000 h-e design capacity · received load 11,760 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2018. 745th of 1,875 records with reported size in the inventory of United Kingdom (tied with 5 others); 0.02 % of the sum of those 1,875 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 14.0 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

15,000h-e design capacity

11,760h-e received load (2018)

78 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

745th of 1,875by reported size among the 1,875 records with a size in the inventory (tied with 5 others) · 0.02 % 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	yes
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	57.3646, -2.0569 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

this plant on the map · regional directory.

NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2018	Treatment
Newmachar Wwtp	14.0 km	3,640	3,450	primary and secondary
Mintlaw Wwtp	17.0 km	6,300	3,476	primary and secondary
Oldmeldrum Wwtp	17.4 km	3,500	3,710	primary and secondary
Peterhead - Burnhaven Wwtp	21.0 km	136,667	35,293	primary and secondary
Inverurie New Wwtp	21.2 km	33,500	26,050	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 ELLON WWTP report?

Reported size: 15,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 11,760 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.