Wastewater treatment works
Beckton sewage treatment works
The largest wastewater treatment works in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe, treating the sewage of a large part of north and east London.
Key facts
- Operator
- Thames Water
- Population equivalent served
- approximately 3.5 million
- Location
- East London, on the tidal Thames
- Processes
- Preliminary, primary, activated sludge secondary treatment, sludge digestion and incineration
Relationships
- Located in: England
Related intelligence
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Sources
- Global Water System Project — Global Reservoir and Dam Database. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- Peer-reviewed scientific literature — Open-access hydrology, water chemistry and water use research. Public but restricted · Publisher terms — public access, reuse not clearly granted
- OpenStreetMap Foundation — OpenStreetMap. Open — attribution required · Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0