ELBING WWTP - Elbing, Kansas Wastewater Treatment Plant

ELBING WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Elbing, Kansas, United States. The plant serves a small population of 203 residents in this rural community within Butler County. The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard level required under the US Clean Water Act for municipal wastewater. With a designed capacity of 109.78 thousand cubic meters per year and an actual discharge volume of 75.71 thousand cubic meters per year, the facility operates below its capacity. As a small plant in the US, it is subject to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting, administered by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The treated effluent from ELBING WWTP is discharged into local waterways that ultimately drain into the Arkansas River basin. The Arkansas River flows through Kansas and Oklahoma before joining the Mississippi River system, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The plant's operations help protect downstream water quality in this agriculturally important region.

ELBING WWTP discharges into the Arkansas River basin, which flows through the Great Plains region of the United States. The Arkansas River eventually joins the Mississippi River, contributing to the vast Mississippi River watershed that drains into the Gulf of Mexico. The plant's secondary treatment helps reduce nutrient and organic pollutant loads, protecting aquatic ecosystems in the downstream river system, which supports diverse fish and wildlife populations.