COV Kamenica nad Cirochou - Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Prešovský kraj, Slovakia

COV Kamenica nad Cirochou is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Kamenica nad Cirochou, a village in the Humenné District of Prešovský kraj, eastern Slovakia. The plant serves a population of approximately 1,395 residents, classifying it as a small agglomeration under EU classification. The plant employs advanced treatment processes, which go beyond the secondary treatment standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) for agglomerations of this size. Its designed capacity is 1,800 m³/day, with an actual discharge volume of 285.49 m³/day, indicating significant spare capacity. The treated effluent is discharged into the local watershed, which ultimately drains into the Cirocha River, a tributary of the Laborec River, and then into the Bodrog River, which flows into the Tisza River and eventually the Black Sea. The plant plays a key role in protecting the water quality of these downstream water bodies.

The plant discharges into the Cirocha River, which flows into the Laborec River, a major tributary of the Bodrog River. The Bodrog joins the Tisza River, which drains into the Black Sea. This watershed supports diverse aquatic life and is part of the larger Danube-Tisza basin. The advanced treatment helps reduce nutrient loading, protecting downstream ecosystems from eutrophication.