Hornbeck WWCTS - Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant in Hornbeck, Louisiana

Hornbeck WWCTS is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Hornbeck, Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It serves a small population of 480 residents, consistent with a rural community in the southern United States. The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard level required by the US Clean Water Act for municipal facilities. With a designed capacity of 189.27 m³/day and a discharge volume matching that figure, the plant operates at full capacity. As a small facility, it is subject to EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits issued by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. The treated effluent is discharged into local streams that drain into the Sabine River basin, eventually reaching the Gulf of Mexico. The plant plays a key role in protecting water quality in the region's freshwater ecosystems and downstream coastal environments.

The plant discharges into small streams within the Sabine River watershed, which flows southward into Sabine Lake and then the Gulf of Mexico. This region supports diverse aquatic life, including fish and invertebrates, and the plant's secondary treatment helps reduce nutrient and pathogen loads to these sensitive water bodies.