MG CO S D 5 WWTP SYCAMORE - Secondary Wastewater Treatment in Sycamore, Kansas

MG CO S D 5 WWTP SYCAMORE is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Sycamore, Montgomery County, Kansas. The plant serves a small population of 91 residents and operates under secondary treatment standards, which is the minimum required by the US Clean Water Act for domestic wastewater. The plant's designed capacity is 41.64 million gallons per year, with an actual discharge volume of 22.71 million gallons per year. As a small facility in rural Kansas, it is subject to state-level NPDES permitting under the Clean Water Act, which sets effluent limits for biochemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids, and other pollutants. The treated effluent is discharged into a local waterway that drains into the Verdigris River basin, ultimately contributing to the Arkansas River system. This watershed supports agricultural and ecological resources in southeastern Kansas, and the plant's secondary treatment helps protect downstream water quality.

The plant discharges into a tributary of the Verdigris River, which flows into the Arkansas River and eventually reaches the Mississippi River. The local watershed is primarily agricultural, and the plant's secondary treatment reduces organic and suspended solids loads, protecting aquatic life and downstream water quality in this ecologically sensitive region.