Overview
COV Hodonice is a secondary wastewater treatment plant serving 2,260 people in Hodonice, Jihomoravský kraj, Czech Republic. It discharges 339.73 m³/day of treated effluent.
COV Hodonice is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Hodonice, a village in the Jihomoravský kraj (South Moravian Region) of the Czech Republic. The plant serves a population of 2,260 and is part of the region's wastewater infrastructure managed under Czech national regulations, which transpose the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC). The plant provides secondary treatment, meeting the standard required for agglomerations of this size under EU directives. Its designed capacity is 3,000 m³/day, and it currently treats an average daily flow of 339.73 m³, indicating ample reserve capacity for future growth or seasonal variations. The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that drain into the Dyje River basin, ultimately reaching the Morava River and then the Danube River system. This contributes to the protection of the Danube's downstream ecosystems, including the Danube Delta, a region of high ecological importance supporting diverse aquatic life and migratory bird populations.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into small streams within the Dyje River basin, which flows into the Morava River and then the Danube River. The Danube is Europe's second-longest river, supporting a vast array of fish species and serving as a critical migratory corridor for birds. The plant's secondary treatment helps reduce nutrient loads, protecting downstream water quality in this ecologically sensitive transboundary river system.
Frequently asked questions
COV Hodonice is located in Hodonice, a village in the Jihomoravský kraj (South Moravian Region) of the Czech Republic, near the town of Znojmo.
The plant serves a population of 2,260 people, classifying it as a small agglomeration under EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive standards.
The plant discharges treated effluent into local streams within the Dyje River basin, which eventually flows into the Morava River and then the Danube River.
COV Hodonice provides secondary treatment, which is the standard requirement under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive for agglomerations of this size.
As a Czech plant, COV Hodonice operates under national regulations that implement the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which mandates secondary treatment for populations between 2,000 and 10,000.
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