Overview
COV Velke Mezirici Olsi nad Oslavou is a closed secondary wastewater treatment plant in Velké Meziříčí, Czech Republic. It served the local community before its closure.
COV Velke Mezirici Olsi nad Oslavou is a former wastewater treatment plant located in Olší nad Oslavou, part of the town of Velké Meziříčí in the Kraj Vysočina region of the Czech Republic. The plant provided secondary treatment for municipal wastewater in this inland area of the Jihovýchod region. 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 of this scale. The plant is now closed, and its operational history reflects the evolving wastewater infrastructure in the region. The plant's receiving waters ultimately drain into the Oslava River, a tributary of the Jihlava River, which flows into the Svratka River and then the Dyje River, part of the Morava River basin that empties into the Danube River and the Black Sea.
Environmental context
The plant discharged into the Oslava River, which flows through the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. The Oslava River supports diverse aquatic life and is part of the Morava River basin, which ultimately drains into the Danube River and the Black Sea. The region's water quality is influenced by agricultural and urban runoff, and the closure of this plant may have shifted treatment loads to other facilities in the watershed.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located in Olší nad Oslavou, part of the town of Velké Meziříčí in the Kraj Vysočina region of the Czech Republic.
The plant provided secondary treatment, which is the standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive for inland agglomerations.
The plant is listed as closed, which may be due to consolidation of wastewater treatment to larger, more modern facilities in the region.
The plant discharged into the Oslava River, a tributary of the Jihlava River, which flows into the Svratka and Dyje rivers, part of the Morava River basin that drains into the Danube and the Black Sea.
As a secondary treatment plant in the Czech Republic, it operated under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires secondary treatment for all inland agglomerations above a certain population threshold.
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