Overview
Holzkirchen Fellach wastewater treatment plant serves the Grub area in Bavaria, Germany, with a population equivalent of approximately 34,000. It operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.
Holzkirchen Fellach is a wastewater treatment plant located in Grub, a municipality in the district of Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany. The plant serves a population equivalent of around 34,000 people, classifying it as a medium-sized agglomeration under European Union regulations. As a German facility, 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 plant's treatment processes and capacity are designed to meet these standards, ensuring compliance with national and European water quality requirements. The treated effluent is discharged into local water bodies that ultimately drain into the Mangfall River, a tributary of the Inn River, which flows into the Danube and eventually the Black Sea. The plant plays a key role in protecting the water quality of the Mangfall catchment, which supports diverse aquatic life and serves as an important regional water resource.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into the Mangfall River catchment, which flows into the Inn River, a major tributary of the Danube. The Danube then drains into the Black Sea, making this plant part of a large transboundary river basin. The Mangfall River supports a variety of fish species and is an important ecological corridor in the Bavarian Alpine foothills. Protecting water quality here helps maintain the ecological health of downstream rivers and the Black Sea ecosystem.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located in Grub, a municipality in the district of Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany. Its address is Dorfstraße, Grubmühle, Grub, Valley, Landkreis Miesbach, Bayern.
The plant serves a population equivalent of approximately 34,025 people, classifying it as a medium-sized agglomeration under EU regulations.
Treated wastewater is discharged into local water bodies that flow into the Mangfall River, a tributary of the Inn River, which eventually reaches the Danube and the Black Sea.
As a German facility, the plant operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which mandates secondary treatment for agglomerations of this size. Compliance is enforced by German state authorities.
Under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, plants serving between 10,000 and 100,000 population equivalent are required to have secondary treatment. In sensitive areas, tertiary treatment may be required to remove nutrients.
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