GWINNER LAGOON Wastewater Treatment Plant, Gwinner, North Dakota

GWINNER LAGOON is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Gwinner, Sargent County, North Dakota, United States. The plant serves a small community of approximately 585 residents, providing essential sanitation services for the area. The facility operates at the secondary treatment level, which is the standard requirement under the U.S. Clean Water Act for municipal wastewater treatment. With a designed capacity of 567.81 volume units and a current discharge volume of 227.13, the plant has adequate capacity to handle the community's wastewater needs. The treated effluent from GWINNER LAGOON is discharged into local waterways that ultimately drain into the Red River of the North basin. This region is part of the larger Hudson Bay drainage system, and the plant's operations help protect downstream aquatic ecosystems from nutrient pollution and other contaminants.

GWINNER LAGOON discharges treated wastewater into local streams that flow into the Red River of the North, which eventually reaches Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay. The surrounding watershed supports agricultural land use and diverse aquatic life, making proper nutrient removal important to prevent eutrophication in downstream water bodies.