Black Creek WWTP - Municipal Wastewater Treatment in Black Creek, Wisconsin

Black Creek WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Black Creek, Wisconsin, United States. It serves a small community of approximately 1,325 residents, typical of rural wastewater systems in the Midwest. The plant is situated in Outagamie County, within the Fox River watershed. As a small-scale facility, Black Creek WWTP is subject to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources regulations under the Clean Water Act. Treatment processes for plants of this size often include primary and secondary treatment, with disinfection before discharge. The designed capacity is 1.00 million gallons per day, indicating the plant can handle peak flows from the community. The plant discharges treated effluent into a local waterway that ultimately drains to the Fox River, which flows into Green Bay and Lake Michigan. This connection to the Great Lakes ecosystem underscores the importance of effective nutrient removal to protect water quality and aquatic habitats.

Black Creek WWTP discharges into a tributary of the Fox River, which flows northward into Green Bay, an arm of Lake Michigan. The Fox River watershed supports diverse aquatic life and is a critical migratory corridor for fish. The plant's location in the Great Lakes basin means its effluent quality directly affects the sensitive Lake Michigan ecosystem, where nutrient loading can contribute to algal blooms.