Overview
COV Zidlochovice is a secondary wastewater treatment plant serving Židlochovice, Czech Republic. It treats wastewater for 4,630 people with a designed capacity of 6,000 m³/day.
COV Zidlochovice is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Židlochovice, Jihomoravský kraj, Czech Republic. The facility serves a population of 4,630 and has a designed capacity of 6,000 m³/day, with a current discharge volume of 534.25 m³/day. As a secondary treatment plant, it provides biological treatment to reduce organic pollutants and suspended solids before discharge. The plant operates under Czech national regulations that implement the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC). For agglomerations of this size (under 10,000 population equivalent), the directive requires appropriate treatment, typically secondary treatment, to protect receiving waters. The plant's secondary treatment level meets these standards for inland communities. The treated effluent is discharged into local waterways that drain into the Svratka River basin, eventually reaching the Dyje River and the Morava River system, which flows into the Danube. This positions the plant within the larger Danube River Basin, a transboundary watershed of significant ecological importance for Central Europe.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into the Svratka River basin, which flows through the Jihomoravský region. The Svratka joins the Dyje River, which then merges with the Morava River, a major tributary of the Danube. This watershed supports diverse aquatic life and is part of the ecologically significant Danube Basin, which provides habitat for numerous fish species and migratory birds. The region's agricultural landscape also depends on maintaining good water quality in these rivers.
Frequently asked questions
COV Zidlochovice is located at ev.385, Židlochovice, in the Jihomoravský kraj (South Moravian Region) of the Czech Republic.
The plant serves a population of 4,630 people in the town of Židlochovice and surrounding areas.
The treated wastewater is discharged into local waterways that flow into the Svratka River basin, part of the larger Danube River system.
The plant provides secondary treatment, which includes biological processes to reduce organic matter and suspended solids, meeting EU standards for agglomerations of this size.
As a Czech plant serving fewer than 10,000 people, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which requires appropriate treatment (typically secondary) for inland discharges to protect water quality.
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