WWTP Newtownards (Ballyrickard)

United Kingdom · official identifier UKNI_TP00065

499,080h-e design capacity (2018) · 25th of 1,875

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · official identifier UKNI_TP00065 · reported size 499,080 h-e design capacity · received load 47,960 h-e · reported treatment: PST · data year 2018. 25th of 1,875 records with reported size in the inventory of United Kingdom; 0.52 % of the sum of those 1,875 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 8.6 km · 3 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

499,080h-e design capacity

47,960h-e received load (2018)

10 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

25th of 1,875by reported size among the 1,875 records with a size in the inventory · 0.52 % 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	not reported
UV disinfection	yes
Status	active
Reported coordinates	54.5600, -5.6990 precision reported by the source: level 0 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

2008 · In 2008, the authority documented works at Ballyrickard to add nitrogen removal and ultraviolet treatment. Northern Ireland Environment and Heritage Service

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 L03; 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
Ballygowan	8.6 km	3,000	3,372	primary and secondary
Moneyreagh	8.6 km	2,150	2,386	primary, secondary and tertiary
Killinchy	9.7 km	4,640	2,271	primary and secondary
Kinnegar	12.9 km	110,000	82,895	primary, secondary and tertiary
North Down & Ards	13.1 km	104,000	69,050	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 Newtownards (Ballyrickard) report?

Reported size: 499,080 h-e design capacity. Received load: 47,960 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.