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WWTP OLDHAM STW

United Kingdom · official identifier UKENNW_UU_TP000098

173,205h-e design capacity (2018) · 88th of 1,875

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · official identifier UKENNW_UU_TP000098 · reported size 173,205 h-e design capacity · received load 173,205 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2018. 88th of 1,875 records with reported size in the inventory of United Kingdom; 0.18 % of the sum of those 1,875 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 3.0 km · 9 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

173,205h-e design capacity
173,205h-e received load (2018)
100 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)
88th of 1,875by reported size among the 1,875 records with a size in the inventory · 0.18 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated
Treatmentprimary + secondary (as reported to the EEA: PS) · reported levels
Nitrogen removalnot reported
Phosphorus removalnot reported
UV disinfectionnot reported
Statusactive
Reported coordinates53.5364, -2.1619 precision reported by the source: level 2 what it means
Source and yearEuropean Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · dataset record

FUENTES PÚBLICAS

What public sources report

Documented milestones

  • 1980-01-12 · The environmental register records the start of discharge permit NW/016950038/001 for the wastewater treatment plant. 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 L07; 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

PlantDistanceCapacity (h-e)Load 2018Treatment
Royton Stw3.0 km31,29429,196primary and secondary
Failsworth Stw4.7 km24,21521,657primary and secondary
Castleton Stw5.3 km5,8865,700primary and secondary
Ashton-Under-Lyne Stw8.1 km51,83348,840primary and secondary
Rochdale Stw8.2 km216,283187,840primary 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 OLDHAM STW report?

Reported size: 173,205 h-e design capacity. Received load: 173,205 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.