WWTP ROVAHEAD WWTW, LERWICK

United Kingdom · official identifier UKSC_TP00163

15,500h-e design capacity (2018) · 726th of 1,875

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · official identifier UKSC_TP00163 · reported size 15,500 h-e design capacity · received load 10,517 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2018. 726th of 1,875 records with reported size in the inventory of United Kingdom; 0.02 % of the sum of those 1,875 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 164.1 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

15,500h-e design capacity

10,517h-e received load (2018)

68 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

726th of 1,875by reported size among the 1,875 records with a size in the inventory · 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 (as reported to the EEA: PS) · reported levels
Nitrogen removal	not reported
Phosphorus removal	not reported
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	60.1843, -1.1567 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

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2018	Treatment
Kirkwall Head Of Work Wwtp	164.1 km	15,600	13,486	primary and secondary
Thurso Stw	220.0 km	9,974	10,033	primary and secondary
Wick Wwtw	221.7 km	10,344	8,499	primary and secondary
Fraserburgh Wwtw- Aberdeen Pfi	281.9 km	96,667	26,113	primary, secondary and tertiary
Banff Macduff Wwtw - Moray Pfi	289.4 km	16,017	12,440	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 ROVAHEAD WWTW, LERWICK report?

Reported size: 15,500 h-e design capacity. Received load: 10,517 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.