Treatment Plants

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Treatment Plants

Layer Info
Category	Management
Sub-category	Governance
Editable	No

Description

Wastewater treatment plants are essential facilities that process sewage and industrial wastewater to remove contaminants before releasing the treated water back into the environment. These plants use a combination of physical, chemical, and biological processes to remove solids, organic matter, and pollutants. The treatment process typically involves several stages: preliminary treatment to remove large debris, primary treatment to settle out suspended solids, secondary treatment to break down organic matter using microorganisms, and tertiary treatment to further purify the water and remove nutrients.

These plants play a crucial role in protecting public health and the environment by ensuring that wastewater is treated to meet regulatory standards before being discharged. They help prevent water pollution, protect aquatic ecosystems, and enable the reuse of treated water for purposes such as irrigation and industrial processes. However, wastewater treatment plants face challenges such as high energy consumption, the need for advanced technology to remove emerging contaminants, and the management of sludge byproducts.

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Metadata

Data Source

EMODnet

Original Title

"EMODnet_HA_UWWTD_Treatment_Plants_20230912"

Description

"The datset on coastal Urban Waste Water Treatment Plant (UWWTP) was created in 2019 by AZTI for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is based on the dataset "Waterbase-UWWTD" (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive – reported data) provided by the European Topic Centre on Inland, Coastal and Marine waters, and made available at https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/datahub/datahubitem-view/6244937d-1c2c-47f5-bdf1-33ca01ff1715. The datset is available for viewing and download on EMODnet - Human Activities web portal (https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). Based on data selected from the reporting of Member States as part of the UWWTD implementation, the dataset presents the available information (location, capacity and actual load treated, type of treatment, aggregated data on the performance of plants) on individual UWWTP, and collecting systems without UWWTP, located in NUTS3 regions bordering transitional, coastal and marine waters. The geographic coverage is: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom. The description of all attribute fields of UWWTP is given in the Waterbase-UWWTD (https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/datahub/datahubitem-view/6244937d-1c2c-47f5-bdf1-33ca01ff1715). In this update, data provided by several countries during 2022 (Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2021; version 10 publised 15 January 2023) are included."

Methodology

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