Jedlicze Wastewater Treatment Plant - Advanced Treatment in Podkarpackie, Poland

The Jedlicze wastewater treatment plant is located in the village of Dwór, within the gmina of Jedlicze in the Podkarpackie region of southeastern Poland. It serves a population of 1,592 and is part of the municipal wastewater infrastructure for the local community. The plant employs advanced treatment processes, which go beyond the secondary treatment required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for agglomerations of this size. Its designed capacity of 30,000 m³/day indicates it can handle significant flow variations, though current discharge volume is 226.99 m³/day. The treated effluent is discharged into local watercourses that ultimately drain into the Wisłoka River, a tributary of the Vistula River, which flows into the Baltic Sea. The plant's advanced treatment helps protect the sensitive aquatic ecosystems of the Vistula basin and the Baltic Sea from nutrient pollution.

The plant's discharge enters the local drainage network, which flows into the Wisłoka River and then the Vistula River, Poland's longest river. The Vistula basin supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor. The Baltic Sea, the final receiving water body, is sensitive to eutrophication from nutrient inputs, making advanced treatment crucial for reducing nitrogen and phosphorus loads.