Overview
COV Prusanky is a secondary treatment plant serving Prušánky in the Jihomoravský kraj region of the Czech Republic. It treats wastewater for approximately 1,742 residents with a designed capacity of 8,605 m³/day.
COV Prusanky is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Prušánky, a village in the Jihomoravský kraj (South Moravian Region) of the Czech Republic. The plant serves a population of about 1,742 people, placing it in the small agglomeration category under Czech and EU regulations. The facility provides secondary treatment, which is the minimum standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for freshwater discharges from agglomerations of this size. The plant has a designed capacity of 8,605 m³/day and reports a discharge volume of 501.37 m³/day, indicating it operates well below its design capacity. The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that ultimately drain into the Morava River basin, a tributary of the Danube. This places the plant within the larger Danube River Basin, one of Europe's most significant transboundary watersheds. The plant's operations help protect downstream aquatic ecosystems and water quality in the region.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into local streams that flow into the Morava River, a major tributary of the Danube. The Morava River supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in the region. Downstream, the Danube River flows into the Black Sea, making the plant's treatment performance relevant to the health of a vast international watershed. The area is part of the South Moravian region, known for its agricultural landscape and wine production, where water quality is essential for both ecosystems and local livelihoods.
Frequently asked questions
COV Prusanky is located in Prušánky, a village in the Jihomoravský kraj (South Moravian Region) of the Czech Republic. The address is Hodonínská, Prušánky, okres Hodonín.
The plant serves approximately 1,742 residents, classifying it as a small agglomeration under EU wastewater treatment directives.
The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that flow into the Morava River, a tributary of the Danube River, ultimately reaching the Black Sea.
COV Prusanky provides secondary treatment, which is the minimum standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive for freshwater discharges from agglomerations of this size.
As a Czech plant, COV Prusanky operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which mandates secondary treatment for agglomerations with a population equivalent above 2,000. The plant also complies with Czech national water legislation.
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