LORRAINE WWTP - Secondary Treatment Plant in Lorraine, Kansas

LORRAINE WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Lorraine, Kansas, serving a small population of 131 residents. The plant provides secondary treatment, a standard level for communities of this size in the United States. The plant has a designed capacity of 60.57 volume units and a discharge volume of 49.21, indicating it operates below its design capacity. As a US facility, it operates under the Clean Water Act and is subject to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits issued by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The treated effluent is discharged into local surface waters that drain into the Smoky Hill River basin, part of the larger Kansas River watershed. This region supports agricultural and natural ecosystems, and the plant's secondary treatment helps protect water quality in downstream environments.

The plant discharges into tributaries of the Smoky Hill River, which flows into the Kansas River and ultimately the Missouri River and Mississippi River system. The local watershed supports mixed agricultural and prairie ecosystems, and the plant's secondary treatment reduces organic pollutants and suspended solids to protect aquatic life in receiving waters.