REIDSVILLE SHERWOOD LAS Wastewater Treatment Plant, Reidsville, Georgia

REIDSVILLE SHERWOOD LAS is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located on West Brazell Street in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia. The facility serves a population of 2,203 and operates under the regulatory framework of the U.S. Clean Water Act, which requires secondary treatment for municipal plants of this scale. The plant's designed capacity is 681.37 volume units, with an average daily discharge of 492.10 volume units, indicating operational headroom. As a secondary treatment facility, it uses biological processes to reduce organic pollutants and suspended solids before discharge. The plant's effluent is released into local streams that drain into the Altamaha River, one of Georgia's major river systems. The Altamaha River flows through the coastal plain and empties into the Atlantic Ocean near Darien, supporting diverse aquatic habitats including tidal marshes and estuarine ecosystems. The plant's inland location, over 50 kilometers from the coast, reduces direct marine impact, but its discharge contributes to the overall nutrient load in the watershed.

The plant discharges into tributaries of the Altamaha River, which flows through southeastern Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean. The Altamaha basin supports a variety of freshwater and estuarine species, including the endangered shortnose sturgeon and robust redhorse. The river's floodplain forests and tidal marshes provide critical habitat for migratory birds and fish.