LAKE LORMAN POTW - Madison County, Mississippi Wastewater Treatment Plant

LAKE LORMAN POTW is a publicly owned treatment works located in Madison County, Mississippi, serving a population of 1,016. The plant provides secondary treatment, a standard level for small communities in the United States, and discharges an annual volume of 227.13 thousand cubic meters. As a secondary treatment facility, LAKE LORMAN POTW meets the US Clean Water Act requirements for biological treatment of wastewater. The plant has a designed capacity of 264.98 thousand cubic meters per year, indicating operational headroom. US facilities of this scale are typically permitted under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), administered by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. The plant's treated effluent enters the local watershed, which drains into the Pearl River basin and ultimately the Gulf of Mexico. The Pearl River supports diverse aquatic life and provides drinking water for downstream communities. Proper treatment at this plant helps protect water quality in the region's sensitive riverine and estuarine ecosystems.

The plant discharges into the Pearl River basin, which flows south through Mississippi and Louisiana before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico near the Mississippi River Delta. This watershed supports diverse aquatic species, including several native fish and mussel populations. The Gulf Coast estuaries are ecologically sensitive areas that benefit from reduced nutrient and pollutant loads from upstream treatment facilities.