COV Kamenice Kostelec u Krizku - Closed Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant in Struhařov, Czech Republic

COV Kamenice Kostelec u Krizku is a former wastewater treatment plant located in the village of Struhařov, part of the Kamenice municipality in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The plant provided secondary treatment for domestic wastewater from the surrounding area before its closure. As a secondary treatment facility, the plant would have met the requirements of the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which mandates secondary treatment for agglomerations above 2,000 population equivalent discharging into freshwaters. The plant's closure suggests that wastewater is now managed by a newer or upgraded facility in the region. The plant's discharge would have entered local watercourses that drain into the Sázava River, a tributary of the Vltava River, which flows through Prague and eventually joins the Elbe River. The Elbe discharges into the North Sea, making the plant part of the Elbe basin's water quality management.

The plant is located inland in the Central Bohemian region, far from the coast. Its treated effluent would have entered small streams feeding the Sázava River, which flows into the Vltava and then the Elbe. The Elbe basin supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in Central Europe. The plant's closure may have reduced local nutrient loading, benefiting downstream water quality.