Overview
COV Nepomuk Dvorec is a closed secondary treatment plant in Vrčeň, Plzeňský kraj, Czech Republic. It served the local area before ceasing operations.
COV Nepomuk Dvorec is a wastewater treatment plant located in Vrčeň, a village in the Plzeňský kraj region of the Czech Republic. The plant is currently closed and no longer in operation. It was designed to provide secondary treatment for municipal wastewater from the surrounding community. As a secondary treatment facility, the plant would have employed biological processes to reduce organic matter and suspended solids. Under Czech regulations aligned with the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), secondary treatment is the minimum standard for inland freshwater discharges. The plant's closure may reflect consolidation of wastewater services in the region. The plant's treated effluent would have discharged into local watercourses that drain into the Úslava River, a tributary of the Berounka River, which flows into the Vltava River and ultimately the Elbe River and North Sea. The surrounding area is part of the Berounka River basin, which supports diverse aquatic life and is important for regional water quality.
Environmental context
The plant is located inland in the Plzeňský kraj region, within the Berounka River basin. Its treated effluent would have entered local streams feeding the Úslava River, a tributary of the Berounka, which flows into the Vltava and Elbe rivers before reaching the North Sea. The watershed supports aquatic ecosystems and is used for recreation and water supply. The plant's closure reduces local discharge, potentially improving water quality in the immediate area.
Frequently asked questions
COV Nepomuk Dvorec is located in Vrčeň, a village in the Plzeňský kraj region of the Czech Republic. The plant's address is 191, Vrčeň, okres Plzeň-jih, Plzeňský kraj.
The plant is currently closed and no longer in operation. It previously provided secondary treatment for municipal wastewater.
The plant provided secondary treatment, which involves biological processes to reduce organic matter and suspended solids before discharge.
As a Czech plant, it operated under national regulations transposing the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires secondary treatment for inland freshwater discharges from agglomerations of this scale.
The plant's treated effluent would have entered local streams that flow into the Úslava River, a tributary of the Berounka River, which drains into the Vltava and Elbe rivers and ultimately the North Sea.
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