Frankford WWTP - Quinte West, Ontario Wastewater Treatment Plant

Frankford WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in the community of Frankford, part of Quinte West, Ontario, Canada. The plant serves a population of approximately 4,290 residents and is classified as a small-scale treatment facility within the province's wastewater infrastructure. As a Canadian plant, Frankford WWTP operates under provincial regulations administered by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Facilities of this size are typically required to meet secondary treatment standards or equivalent, ensuring adequate removal of organic matter and suspended solids before discharge. The plant's designed capacity of 1.00 million liters per day aligns with the population served. The treated effluent from Frankford WWTP is discharged into the local watershed, which ultimately drains into the Bay of Quinte, a large embayment on the northeastern shore of Lake Ontario. The Bay of Quinte is an ecologically significant area that supports diverse aquatic life, including fish species such as walleye and bass, and is a key part of the Lake Ontario ecosystem.

Frankford WWTP discharges into the Trent River system, which flows into the Bay of Quinte, a large, shallow embayment of Lake Ontario. The Bay of Quinte is a productive ecosystem that supports a variety of fish and waterfowl, and it is an important recreational and commercial fishery. The plant's operations help protect water quality in this sensitive watershed, which is part of the larger Great Lakes basin.