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Waterbase - UWWTD: Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive – reported data

The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive concerns the collection, treatment and discharge of urban waste water and the treatment and discharge of waste water from certain industrial sectors. The objective of the Directive is to protect the environment from the adverse effects of the above mentioned waste water discharges.



This series contains time series of spatial and tabular data covering Agglomerations, Discharge Points, and Treatment Plants.

Simple

Identification info

Date (Publication)
2026-03-03
Citation identifier
eea_uwwtd_s

Citation identifier
DAT-106-en

Spatial representation type
Text, table
Spatial representation type
Vector
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

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Temporal extent

Time period
2005-01-01 2006-12-31

Temporal extent

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2007-01-01 2008-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2009-01-01 2010-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2011-01-01 2012-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2013-01-01 2014-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2015-01-01 2016-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2017-01-01 2018-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2019-01-01 2020-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2021-01-01 2022-12-31

Temporal extent

Time period
2022-01-01 2023-12-31
Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
  • United Kingdom

  • Norway

  • EU27 (from 2020)

  • Iceland

  • Poland

  • Cyprus

  • Czechia

  • Romania

  • France

  • Bulgaria

  • Luxembourg

  • Ireland

  • Lithuania

  • Netherlands

  • Hungary

  • Finland

  • Denmark

  • Latvia

  • Greece

  • Portugal

  • Germany

  • Sweden

  • Estonia

  • Italy

  • Belgium

  • Slovenia

  • Malta

  • Spain

  • Austria

  • Slovakia

  • Poland
  • Norway
  • Germany
  • Estonia
  • Switzerland
  • Bulgaria
  • Romania
  • Sweden
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Portugal
  • Finland
  • France
  • Hungary
  • Malta
  • Ireland
  • Belgium
  • Lithuania
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Cyprus
  • Austria
  • Denmark
  • Croatia
  • Czechia
  • Greece
  • Slovakia
  • Latvia
  • Slovenia
  • United Kingdom
  • Türkiye
  • Iceland
  • Liechtenstein
  • Croatia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • EEA39

  • EEA32 (from 2020)

  • EU27 (from 2020)
EEA Management Plan
  • 2017 1.5.2

  • 2012 1.4.1

  • 2011 1.4.1

  • 2014 1.5.1

  • 2010 1.4.1

  • 2024 1.1.7

  • 2025 EEA/DATA/2025/028
  • 2025 EEA/DATA/2025/028

EEA topics
  • Water

  • Water
GEMET
  • water quality

  • waste water treatment plant

  • urban waste water

  • waste water treatment

  • waste water

  • urban waste water treatment

  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive

  • waste water discharge

  • water quality
  • waste water treatment plant
  • waste water discharge
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive
  • waste water
  • urban waste water
  • urban waste water treatment
  • waste water treatment
  • in situ
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Utility and governmental services

  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

  • Utility and governmental services
  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
INSPIRE priority data set
  • Directive 91/271/EEC

  • Discharge points to receiving waters (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive)

  • Urban waste-water treatment plants (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive)

  • Agglomerations (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive)

  • Agglomerations (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive)
  • Directive 91/271/EEC
Reporting obligations
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive - Implementation
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive - National Implementation Programme
Spatial scope
  • European

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • eea-data-and-maps-data-waterbase-uwwtd-urban-waste-water-treatment-directive-8

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Discharge points reported under UWWTD data call 2019 - PUBLIC VERSION, Jan. 2022 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2019 - PUBLIC VERSION, Jan. 2022 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Discharge points reported under UWWTD data call 2019 - INTERNAL VERSION, Jan. 2022 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2019 - INTERNAL VERSION, Jan. 2022 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2019 - INTERNAL VERSION, Jan. 2022 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2019 - PUBLIC VERSION, Jan. 2022 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2019 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2010 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2008 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2010 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2012 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2014 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2016 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • 87c89bfb-2ffe-4414-bdf7-669bb813b6c8

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2006 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2019 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - PROVISIONAL PUBLIC VERSION, Jan. 2023 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2015 - INTERNAL VERSION - Nov. 2017 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2015 - INTERNAL VERSION - Nov. 2017 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Discharge points reported under UWWTD data call 2015 - PUBLIC VERSION, Nov. 2017 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2015 - PUBLIC VERSION - Nov. 2017 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2015 - PUBLIC VERSION - Nov. 2017 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Discharge points reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - INTERNAL VERSION, Jan. 2023 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - INTERNAL VERSION, Jan. 2023 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - PROVISIONAL PUBLIC VERSION, Jan. 2023 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - INTERNAL VERSION, Jan. 2023 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Discharge points reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - PUBLIC VERSION, Jan. 2023 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - PUBLIC VERSION, Jan. 2023 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - PUBLIC VERSION, Jan. 2023 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2019 - PUBLIC VERSION, Nov. 2020 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - FINAL PUBLIC VERSION, Sep. 2023 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - FINAL PUBLIC VERSION, Sep. 2023 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - PROVISIONAL PUBLIC VERSION, Dec. 2024 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - PROVISIONAL INTERNAL VERSION, Dec. 2024 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - PUBLIC PROVISIONAL VERSION, Dec. 2024 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Discharge points reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - PROVISIONAL PUBLIC VERSION, Dec. 2024 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Discharge points reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - PROVISIONAL INTERNAL VERSION, Dec. 2024 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - PROVISIONAL INTERNAL VERSION, Dec. 2024 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - FINAL PUBLIC VERSION, Sep. 2024 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - FINAL INTERNAL VERSION, Sep. 2024 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - PUBLIC FINAL VERSION, Sep. 2024 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Discharge points reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - FINAL PUBLIC VERSION, Sep. 2024 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Discharge points reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - FINAL INTERNAL VERSION, Sep. 2024 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2021 - FINAL INTERNAL VERSION, Sep. 2024 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - PROVISIONAL PUBLIC VERSION, Nov. 2024 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • 5bde59dd-2a7e-4159-b4e6-0aab260d54c2

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Waterbase reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - FINAL PUBLIC VERSION, Oct. 2025 (Tabular data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2019 - INTERNAL VERSION, Nov. 2020

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2019 - INTERNAL VERSION, Nov. 2020

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Discharge points reported under UWWTD data call 2019 - INTERNAL VERSION, Nov. 2020

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - PUBLIC FINAL VERSION, Oct. 2025 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Discharge points reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - FINAL PUBLIC VERSION, Oct. 2025 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Discharge points reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - FINAL INTERNAL VERSION, Oct. 2025 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - FINAL INTERNAL VERSION, Oct. 2025 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Agglomerations reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - PUBLIC FINAL VERSION, Oct. 2025

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - PROVISIONAL INTERNAL VERSION, Dec. 2024 (Spatial data)

Associated resource

Association Type
Is composed of
Metadata Reference
  • Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, Treatment plants reported under UWWTD data call 2023 - FINAL INTERNAL VERSION, Oct. 2025 (Spatial data)

Metadata

Metadata identifier
6244937d-1c2c-47f5-bdf1-33ca01ff1715

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

Type of resource

Resource type
Series
Metadata linkage

https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/6244937d-1c2c-47f5-bdf1-33ca01ff1715?language=all

Date info (Creation)
2022-09-29T14:21:23.558Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-03-30T11:41:04.794947Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3:2018

Edition

1.0

 
 
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Keywords

EEA Management Plan

2010 1.4.1 2011 1.4.1 2012 1.4.1 2014 1.5.1 2017 1.5.2 2024 1.1.7 2025 EEA/DATA/2025/028 2025 EEA/DATA/2025/028
EEA topics

Water Water
GEMET

Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive in situ urban waste water urban waste water urban waste water treatment urban waste water treatment waste water waste water waste water discharge waste water discharge waste water treatment waste water treatment waste water treatment plant waste water treatment plant water quality water quality
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units Utility and governmental services Utility and governmental services
INSPIRE priority data set

Agglomerations (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive) Agglomerations (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive) Directive 91/271/EEC Directive 91/271/EEC Discharge points to receiving waters (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive) Urban waste-water treatment plants (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive)
Reporting obligations

Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive - Implementation Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive - National Implementation Programme
Spatial scope

European


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