LYONS WWTP - Secondary Treatment Plant in Lyons, Indiana

LYONS WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Lyons, Greene County, Indiana. Serving a population of 820, the plant provides secondary treatment to domestic wastewater from the community. As a secondary treatment plant, LYONS WWTP meets the minimum treatment requirements under the US Clean Water Act for municipal facilities. The plant has a designed capacity of 340.69 volume units, with an average daily discharge volume matching that capacity, indicating full utilization. The plant operates under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, which sets effluent limits to protect water quality. The treated effluent from LYONS WWTP is discharged into a local receiving water body that ultimately drains into the Wabash River basin, a major tributary of the Ohio River and part of the Mississippi River system. The plant plays a key role in protecting downstream aquatic ecosystems by reducing organic pollutants and nutrients before discharge.

LYONS WWTP discharges into a local waterway that flows into the Wabash River, a major tributary of the Ohio River. The Wabash River supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in the Midwest. The plant's secondary treatment helps reduce biochemical oxygen demand and suspended solids, protecting downstream water quality in the Ohio and Mississippi River systems.