Overview
Dobrodzien wastewater treatment plant in Opole Voivodeship, Poland, is a secondary treatment facility with a designed capacity of 9,650 m³/day. The plant is currently closed.
The Dobrodzien wastewater treatment plant is located in the town of Dobrodzień, within the Opole Voivodeship of southern Poland. It serves the local community as part of the municipal wastewater infrastructure. The facility is currently closed, and its operational status reflects a period of inactivity. As a secondary treatment plant, it would have employed biological processes to reduce organic matter and suspended solids before discharge. Under Polish regulations implementing the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), secondary treatment is the standard requirement for inland agglomerations. The plant's designed capacity of 9,650 m³/day suggests it was sized to serve a medium-sized community. The plant's discharge would have entered a local watercourse within the Oder River basin, which flows northward to the Baltic Sea. The surrounding region is characterized by mixed agricultural and forested landscapes, with the Mała Panew River being a nearby tributary. The plant's operation would have contributed to protecting local water quality and downstream ecosystems.
Environmental context
The plant is situated inland in the Oder River basin, which drains into the Baltic Sea via the Szczecin Lagoon. The local watershed includes the Mała Panew River, a tributary of the Oder. The area supports diverse aquatic life and is part of a region with sensitive freshwater ecosystems that benefit from effective wastewater treatment.
Frequently asked questions
The Dobrodzien wastewater treatment plant is located in Dobrodzień, a town in the Opole Voivodeship of southern Poland. The address is 109 Wojska Polskiego Street.
The plant has a designed capacity of 9,650 cubic meters per day, indicating it was built to serve a medium-sized community.
The plant provides secondary treatment, which involves biological processes to reduce organic matter and suspended solids before discharge.
As a Polish facility, the plant operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which mandates secondary treatment for inland agglomerations of this scale.
The plant is listed as closed, which may be due to operational changes, upgrades, or decommissioning. Further local information would clarify the reason.
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