Pfakofen Wastewater Treatment Plant, Bavaria, Germany

Pfakofen wastewater treatment plant is located in the municipality of Pfakofen, in the district of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. The plant served a population of 960, classifying it as a small agglomeration under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC). The facility is now closed. The plant provided secondary treatment, which is the minimum standard required by the EU UWWTD for freshwater discharges from agglomerations of this size. The designed capacity was 2,300 cubic meters per day, and the average discharge volume was approximately 243 cubic meters per day, indicating a capacity utilization of about 10.6%. Treated effluent was discharged into a local water body that ultimately drains into the Danube River basin. The Danube flows eastward through Central and Eastern Europe before reaching the Black Sea. The plant's operation contributed to protecting local streams and the broader Danube ecosystem from untreated sewage.

The plant discharged into a tributary of the Danube River, which flows through Bavaria and eventually reaches the Black Sea. The Danube basin supports diverse aquatic life, including fish species such as sturgeon and migratory birds. The secondary treatment provided by the plant helped reduce organic pollution and nutrient loads, protecting downstream water quality in this ecologically significant river system.