Overview
ARA Gars am Kamp 752 HO is a wastewater treatment plant serving approximately 8,800 people in Gars am Kamp, Niederösterreich, Austria. It operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.
ARA Gars am Kamp 752 HO is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Gars am Kamp, a town in the Bezirk Horn district of Niederösterreich, Austria. The plant serves a population of approximately 8,829 people, placing it in the small-to-medium agglomeration category under EU classification. Under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), plants serving between 2,000 and 10,000 population equivalents are required to provide secondary treatment. As an Austrian facility, it is also subject to national water quality regulations that align with the directive, ensuring treated effluent meets standards for discharge into sensitive water bodies. The plant discharges into the local watershed, which ultimately drains into the Kamp River, a tributary of the Danube. The Danube flows through Central Europe into the Black Sea, making this plant part of a large international river basin. The Kamp River supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in the region.
Environmental context
The plant's treated effluent enters the Kamp River, a tributary of the Danube River. The Danube flows eastward through Central and Eastern Europe before emptying into the Black Sea. The Kamp River valley is ecologically sensitive, supporting diverse aquatic habitats and serving as a migratory corridor for fish species. The region's water quality is managed under the EU Water Framework Directive, which aims to achieve good ecological status for all water bodies.
Frequently asked questions
ARA Gars am Kamp 752 HO is located in Gars am Kamp, a town in the Bezirk Horn district of Niederösterreich, Austria. The address is B34, Katastralgemeinde Gars am Kamp, Thunau am Kamp, Gars am Kamp.
The plant serves approximately 8,829 people, classifying it as a small-to-medium agglomeration under EU definitions.
The plant discharges treated effluent into the local watershed, which flows into the Kamp River, a tributary of the Danube River. The Danube ultimately reaches the Black Sea.
As an Austrian plant, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires secondary treatment for agglomerations of this size. National Austrian water quality regulations also apply.
Under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, plants serving between 2,000 and 10,000 population equivalents are typically required to provide secondary treatment, which includes biological treatment to reduce organic matter and suspended solids.
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