Overview
New Brockton WWTP is an advanced treatment facility serving 587 people in New Brockton, Alabama. It discharges 302.83 thousand cubic meters annually and operates under US EPA NPDES regulations.
New Brockton WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located on Rainey Street in New Brockton, Coffee County, Alabama. The facility serves a small population of 587 residents, providing essential wastewater management for this rural community in the southeastern United States. The plant employs advanced treatment processes, exceeding the secondary treatment standard required by the US Clean Water Act for facilities of this scale. With a designed capacity of 666.23 thousand cubic meters and an annual discharge volume of 302.83 thousand cubic meters, the plant operates under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program, administered by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. The treated effluent is discharged into local waterways that ultimately drain into the Choctawhatchee River watershed and then to the Gulf of Mexico. The advanced treatment level helps protect downstream aquatic ecosystems and supports water quality in the region's coastal plain streams.
Environmental context
The plant's discharge enters small streams in the Choctawhatchee River basin, which flows south through Alabama and Florida into Choctawhatchee Bay on the Gulf of Mexico. This coastal plain watershed supports diverse aquatic life, including fish and freshwater mussels. The advanced treatment reduces nutrient loading, helping to prevent eutrophication in downstream estuaries.
Frequently asked questions
New Brockton WWTP is located on Rainey Street in New Brockton, Coffee County, Alabama, United States.
The plant serves a population of 587 residents in the New Brockton area.
The plant discharges treated effluent into local streams within the Choctawhatchee River watershed, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
The plant provides advanced treatment, which goes beyond the secondary treatment standard required by the US Clean Water Act for municipal wastewater.
The plant operates under the US Clean Water Act, with a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
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