EDNA WWTP - Edna, Kansas Wastewater Treatment Plant

EDNA WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located on South Walnut Street in Edna, Labette County, Kansas. It serves a small community of 423 residents, providing essential sanitation services for this rural area in the central United States. The plant operates at the secondary treatment level, which is the standard required by the U.S. Clean Water Act for municipal facilities. With a designed capacity of 196.84 volume units and a current discharge volume of 158.99, the plant has adequate capacity for its service population. As a U.S. facility, it operates under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program, which sets effluent limits to protect water quality. The treated effluent from EDNA WWTP is discharged into a local water body that ultimately drains into the Verdigris River basin, part of the larger Arkansas River watershed. This system flows into the Mississippi River and eventually reaches the Gulf of Mexico, making the plant's operations important for downstream water quality in the region.

The plant discharges into a receiving water body within the Verdigris River basin, which flows into the Arkansas River and then the Mississippi River system. This watershed supports diverse aquatic life and provides habitat for fish species such as catfish and bass. The plant's secondary treatment helps reduce organic pollutants and suspended solids, protecting the ecological health of downstream waters.