GLEN LYN STP - Glen Lyn, Virginia Wastewater Treatment Plant

GLEN LYN STP is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Glen Lyn, Virginia, serving a small community of 345 residents. The plant is situated in Giles County, near the New River Valley, and provides secondary treatment to meet state and federal water quality standards. The plant operates with a designed capacity of 151.42 volume units and currently discharges 45.43 volume units daily, indicating ample reserve capacity. As a secondary treatment facility, it utilizes biological processes to reduce organic matter and suspended solids. Under the US Clean Water Act, such plants must comply with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits issued by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, which set effluent limits to protect receiving waters. The treated effluent from GLEN LYN STP likely discharges into a local tributary of the New River, which flows through the Appalachian region before joining the Kanawha River and ultimately the Ohio River. The plant plays a key role in protecting downstream water quality in this ecologically diverse watershed, which supports aquatic life and recreational uses.

The plant's discharge enters a tributary of the New River, which flows through the Appalachian Mountains and joins the Kanawha River, a major Ohio River tributary. The New River watershed supports diverse aquatic species, including several endemic fish and mussel species. The plant's secondary treatment helps maintain water quality in this ecologically sensitive region, which is important for both biodiversity and downstream communities.