Overview
COV Rychvald stabilizacni nadrz Vaclavka is a primary treatment plant serving 144 people in Rychvald, Moravskoslezský kraj, Czech Republic. It discharges 204.11 m³/day of treated wastewater.
COV Rychvald stabilizacni nadrz Vaclavka is a wastewater treatment plant located in Rychvald, a town in the Moravskoslezský region of the Czech Republic. The plant serves a small population of 144 residents, reflecting its role in a rural or small urban community. As a primary treatment facility, it provides basic mechanical treatment to remove settleable solids before discharge. The plant operates under the Czech Republic's implementation of the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC). For agglomerations with a population equivalent (PE) below 2,000, the directive requires appropriate treatment, which may include primary treatment. The plant's designed capacity is 582.00 m³/day, and it currently discharges 204.11 m³/day, indicating it operates below its capacity. The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that ultimately drain into the Oder River basin, which flows northward into the Baltic Sea. The plant's location inland, away from coastal areas, reduces direct marine impact. The surrounding region includes industrial and agricultural areas, and the plant helps protect local streams from untreated sewage.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into small streams that are part of the Oder River catchment, which flows through the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany before reaching the Baltic Sea. The Oder basin supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor. The plant's primary treatment reduces suspended solids but does not remove nutrients, so downstream waters may be affected by nutrient loading, contributing to eutrophication risks in the Baltic Sea.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located at 350, Orlovská, Rychvald, in the Moravskoslezský kraj region of the Czech Republic.
The plant serves a population of 144 people, making it a small-scale facility for a rural community.
The plant discharges treated effluent into local streams that are part of the Oder River basin, which ultimately flows into the Baltic Sea.
The plant provides primary treatment, which involves physical processes like sedimentation to remove solids. For small agglomerations under 2,000 PE, the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive allows appropriate treatment, which may be primary.
The plant operates under the Czech Republic's transposition of the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which sets treatment requirements based on population equivalent and receiving water sensitivity.
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