MORTON WWTP - Beaver Falls Township, Minnesota Wastewater Treatment Plant

MORTON WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Beaver Falls Township, Renville County, Minnesota. It serves a small community of 405 people, reflecting its role as a local infrastructure asset in rural Minnesota. The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard level required under the US Clean Water Act for facilities of this scale. Secondary treatment typically involves biological processes to reduce organic matter and suspended solids. The plant has a designed capacity of 503.46 volume units, with an average discharge volume of 162.77, indicating operational capacity below design. The treated effluent is discharged into the Minnesota River watershed, which flows into the Mississippi River and ultimately to the Gulf of Mexico. This downstream connection places the plant within a larger ecological context, contributing to the nutrient load management in the Mississippi River basin and the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone.

The plant discharges into the Minnesota River basin, a tributary of the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River carries treated effluent to the Gulf of Mexico, where nutrient inputs contribute to seasonal hypoxia.