WWTP LONDON (Becton STW)

United Kingdom · official identifier UKENTH_TWU_TP000014

3,578,977h-e design capacity (2018) · 2nd of 1,875

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · official identifier UKENTH_TWU_TP000014 · reported size 3,578,977 h-e design capacity · received load 3,040,238 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2018. 2nd of 1,875 records with reported size in the inventory of United Kingdom; 3.7 % of the sum of those 1,875 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 3.7 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

3,578,977h-e design capacity

3,040,238h-e received load (2018)

85 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

2nd of 1,875by reported size among the 1,875 records with a size in the inventory · 3.7 % 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	51.5152, 0.0951 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

2025-03-26 · The revised environmental permit for the sludge treatment centre located within Beckton Sewage Treatment Works took effect. 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 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
London (Crossness Stw)	3.7 km	1,950,000	1,937,192	primary and secondary
London (Riverside Stw)	6.0 km	422,864	422,864	primary and secondary
London (Long Reach Stw)	11.3 km	892,000	872,526	primary and secondary
Nags Head Lane ( Brentwood Stw	14.4 km	36,670	36,670	primary and secondary
London (Deepham Stw)	15.1 km	911,686	911,686	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 LONDON (Becton STW) report?

Reported size: 3,578,977 h-e design capacity. Received load: 3,040,238 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.