Overview
RULEVILLE POTW is a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Sunflower County, Mississippi, serving approximately 2,859 people. It operates under the U.S. Clean Water Act framework.
RULEVILLE POTW is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Sunflower County, Mississippi, in the United States. The facility serves a population of approximately 2,859 people, placing it in the small community category. The plant is situated inland, more than 50 kilometers from the coast, and its operations are regulated under the U.S. Clean Water Act. As a small municipal plant, RULEVILLE POTW is expected to provide at least secondary treatment in compliance with EPA secondary treatment standards. Typical facilities of this scale in Mississippi employ lagoon systems or activated sludge processes to meet permit limits for biochemical oxygen demand and total suspended solids. The plant discharges treated effluent to a local waterway within the Mississippi River basin. The receiving water body ultimately drains to the Mississippi River and then to the Gulf of Mexico. The surrounding area is predominantly agricultural, and the plant plays a key role in protecting local surface water quality from nutrient and pathogen pollution.
Environmental context
The plant discharges into a tributary of the Mississippi River, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico. The downstream environment includes the Mississippi River Delta, a large and ecologically productive region that supports diverse aquatic life and migratory birds. Nutrient loading from upstream sources contributes to the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone, making effective treatment at plants like RULEVILLE POTW important for downstream water quality.
Frequently asked questions
RULEVILLE POTW is located in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States, near Mississippi Highway 8.
RULEVILLE POTW serves approximately 2,859 people, making it a small community wastewater treatment plant.
The plant discharges treated effluent to a local waterway within the Mississippi River basin, which ultimately flows to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
RULEVILLE POTW operates under the U.S. Clean Water Act, which requires municipal plants to meet EPA secondary treatment standards through National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits.
Small plants in Mississippi often use lagoon systems or activated sludge processes to achieve secondary treatment, meeting permit limits for BOD and TSS.
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