TUROWO Wastewater Treatment Plant, Golce, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

TUROWO is a wastewater treatment plant located in Golce, within the Wałcz commune of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. The facility serves a population of 1,660, classifying it as a small agglomeration under Polish and EU regulations. Its address is Dojazd pożarowy 1, Golce, 78-600. The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the minimum standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for inland freshwater discharges from agglomerations of this size. With a designed capacity of 2,250 m³/day and an actual discharge volume of 236.69 m³/day, the plant operates well below its capacity, indicating potential for future growth or seasonal variability. The treated effluent is discharged into a local watercourse that ultimately drains into the Baltic Sea via the Parsęta River basin. The West Pomeranian region features numerous lakes and rivers that support diverse aquatic life, and the plant's secondary treatment helps protect these water bodies from organic pollution and eutrophication.

The plant discharges into a local tributary of the Parsęta River, which flows northward into the Baltic Sea near Kołobrzeg. The downstream environment includes a network of lakes and wetlands that provide habitat for fish, birds, and aquatic plants. Secondary treatment reduces biochemical oxygen demand and suspended solids, mitigating the risk of oxygen depletion and algal blooms in the receiving waters.