Miejska Wastewater Treatment Plant, Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą | Poland

The miejska wastewater treatment plant is located in Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą, a town in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship of central Poland. The facility serves a population of approximately 4,578, classifying it as a small agglomeration under Polish and EU regulations. The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the minimum standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for agglomerations of this size. The plant's designed capacity is 3,466 m³/day, and it currently discharges 652.75 m³/day of treated wastewater, indicating significant spare capacity. The treated effluent is discharged into the local watershed, which ultimately drains into the Pilica River, a tributary of the Vistula River. The Vistula flows northward into the Baltic Sea. The plant plays a key role in protecting the Pilica River and downstream ecosystems from untreated sewage.

The plant discharges into the Pilica River basin, which flows into the Vistula River and eventually reaches the Baltic Sea. The Pilica River supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in central Poland. The secondary treatment provided by the plant helps reduce nutrient loads and organic pollution, safeguarding water quality in the downstream river system and the Baltic Sea.