Overview
MARSHALL CO SD PINE KNOLL WWTP serves Zitko Terrace, West Virginia, treating wastewater for 120 people with secondary treatment. The plant discharges 45.43 thousand gallons per day and has a designed capacity of 60.57 thousand gallons per day.
MARSHALL CO SD PINE KNOLL WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located at 29 Sun Valley Drive in Zitko Terrace, Marshall County, West Virginia. The plant serves a small population of 120 residents, reflecting its role in a rural community within the Ohio River watershed. The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard level required under the U.S. Clean Water Act for municipal wastewater facilities. Secondary treatment typically involves biological processes to remove organic matter and suspended solids. The plant's designed capacity is 60.57 thousand gallons per day, and it currently discharges an average of 45.43 thousand gallons per day, indicating operational headroom. The treated effluent from the plant ultimately drains into the Ohio River via local tributaries. The Ohio River is a major waterway that flows into the Mississippi River and then to the Gulf of Mexico. The plant's discharge contributes to the overall water quality management in the Ohio River basin, which supports diverse aquatic life and provides drinking water for millions of people downstream.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into local streams that flow into the Ohio River, a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Ohio River basin supports a variety of fish species and is an important migratory corridor for birds. The plant's secondary treatment helps protect downstream water quality in this ecologically significant river system.
Frequently asked questions
The plant is located at 29 Sun Valley Drive in Zitko Terrace, Marshall County, West Virginia, United States.
The plant serves a population of 120 people, making it a small-scale municipal wastewater treatment facility.
The plant discharges treated effluent into local streams that flow into the Ohio River, which eventually reaches the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
As a U.S. facility, the plant operates under the Clean Water Act, which requires secondary treatment for municipal wastewater. Discharge permits are typically issued by the state environmental agency under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).
Small plants like this typically use secondary treatment, often with technologies such as activated sludge, lagoons, or trickling filters, to meet EPA standards for organic matter and suspended solids removal.
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