WWTP NEWCASTLE (Howdon) STW

United Kingdom · official identifier UKENNE_NU_TP000031

1,003,785h-e design capacity (2018) · 8th of 1,875

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · official identifier UKENNE_NU_TP000031 · reported size 1,003,785 h-e design capacity · received load 933,912 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2018. 8th of 1,875 records with reported size in the inventory of United Kingdom; 1.1 % of the sum of those 1,875 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 10.7 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

1,003,785h-e design capacity

933,912h-e received load (2018)

93 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

8th of 1,875by reported size among the 1,875 records with a size in the inventory · 1.1 % 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	yes
Status	active
Reported coordinates	54.9911, -1.4764 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

2013-09 · Three gas engines at Howdon’s anaerobic digestion facility entered service. Water Projects Online

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
Washington Stw	10.7 km	79,798	79,798	primary and secondary
Birtley Stw	12.3 km	42,013	27,801	primary and secondary
Hendon Stw	12.7 km	275,000	215,457	primary and secondary
Cramlington Stw	14.9 km	45,918	36,568	primary and secondary
Houghton-Le-Spring Stw	15.7 km	51,691	51,691	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 NEWCASTLE (Howdon) STW report?

Reported size: 1,003,785 h-e design capacity. Received load: 933,912 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.