Overview
GORDO WWTP is a secondary treatment plant serving 913 people in Gordo, Alabama. It discharges 757.08 cubic meters of treated wastewater daily, with a designed capacity of 1025.84 cubic meters.
GORDO WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama, United States. The plant serves a population of approximately 913 residents, classifying it as a small-scale facility within the state's wastewater infrastructure. The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard level required by the U.S. Clean Water Act for municipal wastewater treatment. With a designed capacity of 1025.84 cubic meters per day and an average daily discharge of 757.08 cubic meters, the facility operates below its maximum capacity, indicating adequate headroom for current demand. The treated effluent is discharged into a local water body that ultimately drains into the Tombigbee River basin, a major tributary of the Mobile River system. This river network supports diverse aquatic life and flows into the Mobile Bay estuary, an ecologically productive region along the Gulf of Mexico.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into a receiving water body within the Tombigbee River watershed, which flows southward to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River. The Mobile River empties into Mobile Bay, a large estuary on the Gulf of Mexico known for its productive fisheries and diverse habitats. The secondary treatment process helps reduce organic pollutants and suspended solids, protecting downstream aquatic ecosystems from nutrient enrichment and oxygen depletion.
Frequently asked questions
GORDO WWTP is located in Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama, United States.
The plant serves a population of 913 people.
The plant discharges treated effluent into a local water body that flows into the Tombigbee River basin, eventually reaching Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
GORDO WWTP provides secondary treatment, which is the standard required by the U.S. Clean Water Act for municipal wastewater plants.
As a U.S. facility, GORDO WWTP operates under the Clean Water Act, with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits issued by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
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