ELLAVILLE POND Wastewater Treatment Plant, Ellaville, Georgia

ELLAVILLE POND is an advanced wastewater treatment facility located in Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia, United States. The plant serves a small community of approximately 1,552 residents, providing essential wastewater treatment services for the area. As an advanced treatment plant, it employs processes that go beyond secondary treatment to achieve higher effluent quality. The plant has a designed capacity of 757.08 units and discharges a similar volume of treated wastewater. Under the U.S. Clean Water Act, facilities of this scale are typically regulated through National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits issued by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. These permits set effluent limits to protect water quality in receiving waters. The treated effluent from ELLAVILLE POND ultimately enters the local watershed, which drains into the Flint River basin. The Flint River flows south through Georgia, eventually joining the Chattahoochee River to form the Apalachicola River, which empties into the Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of Mexico. This river system supports diverse aquatic life and provides habitat for numerous fish and wildlife species.

ELLAVILLE POND discharges into the Flint River basin, a major tributary of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) river system. The Flint River flows through southwestern Georgia, supporting a rich diversity of freshwater species, including several endemic mussels and fish. The river ultimately drains into Apalachicola Bay, a productive estuary in the Gulf of Mexico that is critical for seafood and migratory birds. The plant's advanced treatment helps protect these downstream ecosystems from nutrient pollution and other contaminants.