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WWTP WOLVERHAMPTON (BARNHURST) STW

United Kingdom · official identifier UKENMI_ST_TP000018

170,000h-e design capacity (2018) · 91st of 1,875 (tied with 1 others)

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2019 (v07.01) · official identifier UKENMI_ST_TP000018 · reported size 170,000 h-e design capacity · received load 144,829 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2018. 91st of 1,875 records with reported size in the inventory of United Kingdom (tied with 1 others); 0.18 % of the sum of those 1,875 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 2.7 km · 4 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

170,000h-e design capacity
144,829h-e received load (2018)
85 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)
91st of 1,875by reported size among the 1,875 records with a size in the inventory (tied with 1 others) · 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 removalyes
UV disinfectionnot reported
Statusactive
Reported coordinates52.6125, -2.1491 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

  • 2000-03-31 · The environmental register records the start date of permit MI/S/06/55227/R/001 for the Barnhurst wastewater 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 L06; 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
Codsall Stw2.7 km17,00013,253primary and secondary
Wolverhampton North (Coven Heath) Stw3.3 km30,00027,051primary and secondary
Wolverhampton West (Trescott) Stw6.0 km37,50033,547primary and secondary
Gospel End Stw7.3 km15,0008,134primary and secondary
Cannock Stw10.1 km70,00062,730primary 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 WOLVERHAMPTON (BARNHURST) STW report?

Reported size: 170,000 h-e design capacity. Received load: 144,829 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.