Richland Co Eastview WWTP - Advanced Treatment Facility in Fleming Falls, Ohio

Richland Co Eastview WWTP is an advanced wastewater treatment facility located at 1798 Fleming Falls Road in Fleming Falls, Richland County, Ohio. The plant serves a population of approximately 3,500 residents, providing essential sanitation services to this rural community in the central part of the state. The plant employs advanced treatment processes, which go beyond secondary treatment to remove nutrients and other pollutants. Its designed capacity is 1,173.47 megaliters per year, with an actual discharge volume of 946.35 megaliters annually. As a US facility, it operates under the Clean Water Act and is subject to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits issued by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, which set limits on effluent quality to protect receiving waters. The treated effluent from the plant discharges into local waterways that ultimately drain into the Ohio River basin. The plant's advanced treatment helps protect downstream aquatic ecosystems and supports water quality in the region, which is part of the larger Mississippi River watershed that flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

The plant discharges into tributaries of the Ohio River, which flows into the Mississippi River and eventually the Gulf of Mexico. The local watershed supports diverse aquatic life and is part of a larger basin that experiences nutrient pollution challenges. Advanced treatment at this plant helps reduce nutrient loads, contributing to the health of downstream ecosystems and mitigating hypoxic conditions in the Gulf.