Wyszatyce Wastewater Treatment Plant | Podkarpackie, Poland

The Wyszatyce wastewater treatment plant is located in the village of Wyszatyce, within the gmina Żurawica in the powiat przemyski of województwo podkarpackie, Poland. This facility serves a population of 2,364, 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 discharges into freshwater and estuaries from agglomerations of this size. The plant's designed capacity is 3,440 m³/day, and it currently discharges an average of 337 m³/day of treated wastewater. The treated effluent is released into a local watercourse that eventually drains into the San River, a tributary of the Vistula River, which flows into the Baltic Sea. The plant plays a key role in protecting the local watershed and downstream aquatic ecosystems from nutrient pollution and organic load.

The plant discharges into a small watercourse that feeds into the San River, a major right-bank tributary of the Vistula. The Vistula carries the flow to the Baltic Sea via the Gulf of Gdańsk. The San River valley supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in southeastern Poland. Secondary treatment reduces biochemical oxygen demand and suspended solids, helping to prevent eutrophication in downstream waters.