About UtilityRadar

An open directory of global wastewater infrastructure

UtilityRadar catalogues wastewater treatment plants worldwide, with structured data, interactive maps, permit details, and transparent source attribution on every record.

Our mission

Make wastewater infrastructure searchable

Data on treatment plants is scattered across regulatory filings, research databases, utility websites, and EU/EPA datasets. We consolidate it into a single, consistently-structured directory that researchers, regulators, journalists, and operators can actually use.

What we do

Three commitments

Structured, not scraped

Every field is parsed, normalised, and typed. Treatment level, discharge volume, capacity utilisation, and receiving water body are queryable, not buried in PDFs.

Provenance on every record

Each plant shows its source URL, completeness percentage, and per-field quality ratings. If a number looks off, you can trace it back to origin in one click.

Open to corrections

Every plant page has a "Suggest update" form. Operators, regulators, and locals close the loop on data we've gotten wrong or that's aged out.

Who it's for

Built for serious users

UtilityRadar isn't a consumer site. It's infrastructure-grade reference data for the people who need it most.

Researchers

Academic work on water quality, environmental impact, and infrastructure policy.

Regulators

Cross-border comparisons of permit standards and compliance outcomes.

Journalists

Investigations into discharge incidents, aging infrastructure, and pollution.

Operators

Benchmark against peers across capacity, technology, and treatment level.

Data sources

Where our data comes from

We aggregate from public regulatory datasets, open environmental databases, and operator disclosures. Every record links back to its primary source.

EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive datasets European Environment Agency (EEA) datasets on agglomerations and treatment plants.
US EPA ECHO & NPDES US permit registrations and compliance records.
National environmental agencies Country-specific wastewater registries (UK Defra, Germany UBA, etc.).
Utility operator disclosures Public annual reports, operational statistics, and capacity filings.

Behind the directory

Who built this

UtilityRadar is built and maintained by Muhammad Abbas, an Enterprise Integration Specialist with 22+ years implementing ERP, EAM, and CRM platforms. The directory applies that same pattern, structured data and clean integration, to public wastewater infrastructure records.

Muhammad Abbas

Enterprise Integration Specialist · ERP, EAM & Digital Transformation

Background spans Microsoft Dynamics 365, Hexagon EAM, Oracle Fusion, system integration, APIs, and data warehousing across manufacturing, utilities, and finance. "I build what connects."

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