WWTP WIGAN (HOSCAR) STW

United Kingdom · official identifier UKENNW_UU_TP000133

410,498h-e design capacity (2018) · 34th of 1,875

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · official identifier UKENNW_UU_TP000133 · reported size 410,498 h-e design capacity · received load 391,473 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2018. 34th of 1,875 records with reported size in the inventory of United Kingdom; 0.43 % of the sum of those 1,875 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 0.9 km · 5 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

410,498h-e design capacity

391,473h-e received load (2018)

95 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

34th of 1,875by reported size among the 1,875 records with a size in the inventory · 0.43 % 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	53.5985, -2.7846 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

2002-04-18 · In April 2002, the West Lancashire planning register recorded no objection to the UV control building at Wigan wastewater treatment works in Hoscar. West Lancashire Borough Council

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
Skelmersdale Stw	0.9 km	68,513	52,081	primary and secondary
Westhead Stw Humus Tank Effluent	5.2 km	2,391	2,391	primary and secondary
Burscough Stw	5.9 km	34,885	34,777	primary and secondary
Croston Stw	7.0 km	23,057	23,057	primary and secondary
Mere Brow Stw	9.3 km	4,522	4,254	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 WIGAN (HOSCAR) STW report?

Reported size: 410,498 h-e design capacity. Received load: 391,473 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.