COV Fulnek Wastewater Treatment Plant, Fulnek, Czech Republic

COV Fulnek is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Fulnek, a town in the Moravskoslezský region of the Czech Republic. The plant serves a population of approximately 1,972 people and is designed to handle a capacity of 4,500 cubic meters per day, with an average daily discharge of 755.49 cubic meters. The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard biological treatment required under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for agglomerations of this size. The directive mandates secondary treatment for all discharges from agglomerations with a population equivalent above 2,000, and COV Fulnek, serving just under that threshold, still meets this level of treatment to protect water quality. The treated effluent from COV Fulnek is discharged into a local watercourse that ultimately drains into the Odra River basin, which flows northward into the Baltic Sea. The plant plays a key role in safeguarding the local aquatic environment by reducing organic pollutants and nutrients before release.

COV Fulnek discharges into a small stream that is part of the Odra River basin. The Odra River flows through the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany before reaching the Baltic Sea. This watershed supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in Central Europe. The plant's secondary treatment helps reduce nutrient loads that could otherwise contribute to eutrophication in downstream waters.