Overview
COV Markusovce is a secondary wastewater treatment plant serving Markušovce, Slovakia. It treats wastewater for 676 people with a designed capacity of 780 m³/day.
COV Markusovce is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Markušovce, a village in the Košický kraj region of eastern Slovakia. The plant serves a population of 676, classifying it as a small agglomeration under Slovak 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 freshwater discharges from agglomerations of this size. With a designed capacity of 780 m³/day and a current discharge volume of 138.35 m³/day, the plant operates well below its capacity. The treated effluent is discharged into a local watercourse that ultimately drains into the Hornád River basin, part of the larger Tisza River system flowing into the Black Sea. The plant plays a key role in protecting local streams and downstream aquatic ecosystems from untreated sewage.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into a small receiving water body that flows into the Hornád River, a tributary of the Tisza River, which eventually reaches the Black Sea. The Hornád River supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in eastern Slovakia. The plant's secondary treatment helps reduce organic pollution and nutrient loads, safeguarding water quality in this sensitive river basin.
Frequently asked questions
COV Markusovce is located at 616/26, Slovenská, Markušovce, in the Spišská Nová Ves district of the Košický kraj region, eastern Slovakia.
The plant serves a population of 676 people, classifying it as a small agglomeration under EU wastewater treatment directives.
The treated effluent is discharged into a local watercourse that flows into the Hornád River, part of the Tisza River basin, ultimately reaching the Black Sea.
The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the minimum standard required by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive for freshwater discharges from agglomerations of this size.
As a Slovak plant serving fewer than 2,000 people, it operates under the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC), which mandates appropriate treatment for small agglomerations to protect receiving waters.
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