Overview
COV Tabor ACOV is a wastewater treatment plant serving Tábor, Czech Republic, with a population equivalent of 90,490. It operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.
COV Tabor ACOV is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Tábor, in the Jihočeský kraj region of the Czech Republic. The plant serves a population equivalent of approximately 90,490, classifying it as a medium-to-large agglomeration under EU regulations. As a facility in the Czech Republic, the plant is subject to the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires secondary treatment for agglomerations of this size. The directive also mandates more advanced treatment if the receiving waters are designated as sensitive areas. The treated effluent from COV Tabor ACOV is discharged into the local watershed, which ultimately drains into the Lužnice River, a tributary of the Vltava River, and then into the Elbe River before reaching the North Sea. This downstream chain supports diverse aquatic ecosystems and is important for regional water quality.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into the Lužnice River basin, which flows into the Vltava River and eventually the Elbe River, draining into the North Sea. The watershed supports diverse aquatic life and is ecologically sensitive, requiring effective nutrient removal to prevent eutrophication downstream.
Frequently asked questions
COV Tabor ACOV is located in Tábor, in the Jihočeský kraj region of the Czech Republic, at approximately 49.399 N, 14.678 E.
The plant serves a population equivalent of 90,490, placing it in the medium-to-large agglomeration category under EU classification.
The treated effluent is discharged into the local watershed, which drains into the Lužnice River, a tributary of the Vltava River, and ultimately into the Elbe River and the North Sea.
As a Czech facility, COV Tabor ACOV operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which mandates secondary treatment for agglomerations over 2,000 PE and tertiary treatment in sensitive areas.
Plants of this scale in the Czech Republic typically provide secondary biological treatment, and may include nutrient removal if discharging into sensitive water bodies, as required by the EU UWWTD.
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