In the frame of the European Directive 91/271/EEC concerning the urban waste water treatment the Federate States of Germany (Bundesländer) are reporting data about waste water treatment plants, which are further reported to the European Commission.

Aim of this directive is to prevent the environment from being adversely affected by the disposal of insufficiently-treated urban waste water.

Waste water treatment plants, which are covered by this directive, could also be subject to report as facilities under the PRTR, if the relevant prerequisites is fulfilled.

Map (Urban waste water)

Discover data about urban waste water treatment plants on a map of Germany.

Besides name and geographical location of the waste water treatment plants the data are containing their design capacity, the amount of cleaned waste water, the discharge of total nitrogen and phosphor as well as their technical equipment.

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