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WWTP COV Olomouc

Czechia · official identifier CZ7107-710814-00299308-4/1U

259,500h-e design capacity (2022) · 9th of 607

European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · official identifier CZ7107-710814-00299308-4/1U · reported size 259,500 h-e design capacity · received load 219,044 h-e · reported treatment: PS · data year 2022. 9th of 607 records with reported size in the inventory of Czechia; 1.7 % of the sum of those 607 records in h-e (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 6.4 km · 3 within 10 km. Reported data with their source; estimates are not measurements of the plant.

Aguas SB does not manage this wastewater treatment plant.

WHAT THE DATA REPORT

Reported data official data · 2022

259,500h-e design capacity

219,044h-e received load (2022)

84 %reported load/capacity ratio (not hydraulic utilisation)

9th of 607by reported size among the 607 records with a size in the inventory · 1.7 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated

Treatment	primary + secondary (as reported to the EEA: PS) · reported levels
Nitrogen removal	yes
Phosphorus removal	yes
UV disinfection	not reported
Status	active
Reported coordinates	49.5675, 17.2649 precision reported by the source: level 2 what it means
Source and year	European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · dataset record

FUENTES PÚBLICAS

What public sources report

Documented milestones

1995 · The rebuilt and expanded Olomouc wastewater treatment plant entered service in 1995. City of Olomouc

Other published data

Mean annual volume treated reported in the 2022 cycle	11,615,171 m³/year (2022) · source

Facts taken from public documents, with their date and link; an authorisation, a project or a planned capacity do not prove operation or quantities actually treated. Aguas SB editorial layer, lot L03; it does not change the official data.

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: Czechia

Regulatory framework of Czechia · Directive (EU) 2024/3019: reported-capacity band 150,000 p.e. or more; obligations are set by agglomeration load, not by the capacity of this plant. Individual applicability is not determined in this profile.

SCENARIO

Reference energy scenario for this load estimate · simulator engine

7,231,921reference kWh per year for this load

32.9kWh per h-e (average load) per year

1,084,788€ per year at 0.15 €/kWh

59 %share of energy used for aeration

what this estimate is · Inputs: 219,044 p.e. of reported load; equivalent average load 219,823 p.e. with the reference profile of Czechia (hypothesis with reported load and reference profile; not a measurement). Open this scenario in the simulator · how it is calculated and what it is not.

Reference scenario computed on the server from the reported load and the country profile; an estimate, not a measurement. The simulator recomputes it when opened.

WATER THAT COULD RETURN

Reuse potential

19estimated hm³ of treated water per year

tertiary treatment not reportedreclamation requires additional treatment

what this estimate is · Volume estimated from the reported load (52,132 m³/day of reference), not measured or available for reclamation.

LOCATION

Czechia: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	Capacity (h-e)	Load 2022	Treatment
Cov Velka Bystrice	6.4 km	3,750	1,591	primary and secondary
Cov Lutin	8.2 km	6,200	2,465	primary and secondary
Cov Horka Nad Moravou	8.6 km	4,400	2,652	primary and secondary
Cov Brodek U Prerova	10.3 km	2,008	1,123	primary, secondary and tertiary
Cov Marianske Udoli	10.4 km	4,800	2,189	primary and secondary

Distances are between reported coordinates; proximity does not establish a hydraulic connection.

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP COV Olomouc report?

Reported size: 259,500 h-e design capacity. Received load: 219,044 h-e. Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

Treatment PS. Nitrogen, phosphorus and UV are shown only when explicitly reported.

How much energy would a reference plant use with the load of COV Olomouc?

Aguas SB simulator reference scenario for 219,044 p.e. of reported load: 7,231,921 kWh per year (32.9 kWh per p.e. of average load), with aeration as 59 % of consumption. Estimate with the country reference profile; not a measurement of the plant.

SOURCE AND CORRECTIONS

Source

reported data · European Environment Agency — Waterbase-UWWTD, data call 2023 (versión final pública) · data 2022 · edition 2023 · source licence: CC BY 4.0 · JSON for this plant · suggest a correction · catalogue 2026-11-06. Reported data, not a current inspection; no compliance judgements.