Overview
COV Cierny Balog is a secondary wastewater treatment plant serving Valaská, Slovakia. It treats wastewater from a population of 920 with a designed capacity of 2200 m³/day.
COV Cierny Balog is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Valaská, within the Banskobystrický kraj region of central Slovakia. The plant serves a small community of approximately 920 residents and operates with secondary treatment, which is appropriate for its scale under Slovak and EU regulations. The plant has a designed capacity of 2200 m³/day and currently discharges 188.28 m³/day of treated effluent. As a facility in an EU member state, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC, which requires secondary treatment for agglomerations of this size. The plant's capacity utilization indicates room for future growth or seasonal variations. The treated wastewater is discharged into local watercourses that ultimately drain into the Hron River basin, a tributary of the Danube River. The Danube flows into the Black Sea, making this plant part of a large international watershed. The surrounding region is characterized by forested hills and mountainous terrain, with the plant playing a key role in protecting local streams and groundwater quality.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into the Hron River basin, which flows into the Danube River and eventually reaches the Black Sea. This watershed supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in central Europe. The secondary treatment process helps reduce organic pollutants and suspended solids, protecting downstream water quality in this sensitive mountainous region.
Frequently asked questions
COV Cierny Balog is located in Valaská, in the Banskobystrický kraj region of central Slovakia.
The plant serves a population of approximately 920 residents.
The treated wastewater is discharged into local watercourses that flow into the Hron River basin, a tributary of the Danube River.
The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive for agglomerations of this size.
As a Slovak plant, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC, which mandates secondary treatment for communities with a population equivalent over 2,000. For smaller plants like this, secondary treatment is still typical to protect local water quality.
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