Oczyszczalnia Sciekow Komunalnych - Białobrzegi Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant

Oczyszczalnia Sciekow Komunalnych is the municipal wastewater treatment plant for Białobrzegi, a town in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship of central Poland. The facility serves a population of approximately 19,677 people, placing it in the medium agglomeration category under EU classification. As a Polish plant, it operates under national regulations that transpose the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC). For agglomerations of this size, the directive requires secondary treatment as a minimum, with more stringent standards in sensitive areas. The plant's treatment processes and capacity details are not publicly available, but the regulatory framework ensures compliance with EU standards for organic matter and nutrient removal. The treated effluent is discharged into the local watershed, which ultimately drains into the Pilica River, a tributary of the Vistula. The Vistula flows northward into the Baltic Sea. The plant plays a key role in protecting the Pilica River and downstream ecosystems from untreated wastewater pollution.

The plant discharges into the Pilica River basin, which flows into the Vistula River and eventually reaches the Baltic Sea. The Pilica supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in central Poland. Protecting this waterway from nutrient pollution is critical to maintaining water quality and preventing eutrophication in downstream waters.