Provisional data reported by EU Member States under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) for the 13th reporting period. The dataset includes tables on agglomerations, treatment plants, discharge points, and sludge handling, compiled by the European Environment Agency. Data from Romania and Slovenia are not included in this provisional version.
Use Cases
- Monitor compliance with EU wastewater treatment regulations based on reported agglomeration and treatment plant data.
- Analyze sludge handling and treated wastewater reuse practices at the Member State level.
- Model the spatial relationship between urban agglomerations and treatment plants based on the reported linking tables.
Strengths
- Covers data reported under two key articles (15 and 17) of the UWWTD.
- Includes multiple related tables such as codelists for big cities and NUTS regions.
Limitations
- Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
- Data from two EU27 countries (Romania and Slovenia) are not included in this version.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- The European Environment Agency (EEA)
- Collection Method
- Biannual reporting obligations from EU Member States under the UWWTD.
- Time Range
- 2023 reporting period
- Geography
- European Union (excluding Romania and Slovenia in this version)