Argusville Lagoon Wastewater Treatment Plant, North Dakota

Argusville Lagoon is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Argusville, Cass County, North Dakota. Serving a small population of 475, the plant provides secondary treatment for the community's domestic wastewater. The facility operates as a lagoon system, a common treatment method in rural areas of the United States. The plant has a designed capacity of 264,980 liters per day and currently discharges an average of 189,270 liters per day. As a secondary treatment facility, it meets the minimum requirements under the U.S. Clean Water Act for municipal wastewater treatment. The plant's operational status and permit details are managed by the appropriate state and federal authorities. The treated effluent is discharged into local waterways that drain into the Red River of the North, which flows northward into Lake Winnipeg in Canada. This watershed is part of the larger Hudson Bay drainage basin. The plant's operations help protect downstream water quality in this ecologically important river system.

The plant discharges into tributaries of the Red River of the North, which flows through North Dakota and Manitoba before reaching Lake Winnipeg. This watershed supports diverse aquatic life and is an important migratory corridor for birds. The Red River Valley is a flat, agricultural region where nutrient management is critical to prevent eutrophication in downstream lakes.