Bird City WWTP - Secondary Treatment Facility in Bird City, Kansas

Bird City WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Bird City, Cheyenne County, Kansas, serving a small population of 482 residents. The plant operates under the regulatory framework of the US Clean Water Act, which requires secondary treatment for municipal facilities of this scale. The plant provides secondary treatment, the standard level mandated by the US EPA for most municipal wastewater plants. With a designed capacity of 170.34 million gallons per year and a discharge volume matching that capacity, the facility operates at full utilization. The treated effluent is discharged into local surface waters, which ultimately drain into the Republican River basin and then into the Kansas River system. This watershed supports agricultural irrigation and provides habitat for aquatic species in the Great Plains region.

The plant discharges into local streams that flow into the Republican River, a tributary of the Kansas River, which eventually reaches the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. The surrounding watershed is part of the High Plains ecoregion, characterized by semi-arid climate and agricultural land use. The receiving waters support fish populations and are used for irrigation, making nutrient management important for downstream water quality.