Czarna Gora Wastewater Treatment Plant, Czarna Góra, Poland

Czarna Gora wastewater treatment plant is located in Czarna Góra, a village in the Tatra County of Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. The facility was designed to serve the local population in this mountainous region near the border with Slovakia. The plant is currently closed and no longer operational. The plant provided secondary treatment, which is the standard biological treatment required under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for agglomerations of this scale. The designed capacity of 8,500 m³/day indicates it was sized to handle wastewater from a medium-sized community. As a closed facility, it no longer processes wastewater, and the local area may now be served by other infrastructure. The plant is situated inland in the Tatra Mountains, a ecologically sensitive area known for its diverse aquatic life and important water resources. The treated effluent would have discharged into local streams that feed into the Dunajec River basin, ultimately flowing to the Vistula River and into the Baltic Sea. The closure of the plant may have implications for local water quality management.

The plant is located in the Tatra Mountains, part of the Carpathian range, which is a critical watershed for the Dunajec River. This river flows northward into the Vistula, Poland's longest river, and eventually reaches the Baltic Sea. The region supports diverse aquatic ecosystems and is an important migratory corridor for fish. The mountainous terrain and sensitive habitats require careful wastewater management to protect water quality.