Sewer District 700 Chippewa Wastewater Treatment Plant, Medina County, Ohio

Sewer District 700 Chippewa is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Westfield Township, Medina County, Ohio. It serves a population of approximately 5,000 residents in the surrounding area. The facility is part of the regional wastewater infrastructure managed by local authorities. As a small-scale plant in the United States, it operates under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program established by the Clean Water Act. Plants of this size typically employ secondary treatment processes to meet effluent quality standards. The designed capacity is 1.00 million gallons per day, indicating the plant's scale. The treated effluent is discharged into local waterways that drain into the Lake Erie watershed, part of the Great Lakes Basin. The plant plays a role in protecting downstream water quality and the ecological health of the region's rivers and lakes.

The plant discharges into streams that flow into the Lake Erie watershed, a major freshwater ecosystem supporting diverse aquatic life and recreational activities. The Great Lakes Basin is ecologically sensitive, and wastewater treatment helps control nutrient loading and pollution that could affect water quality and habitats downstream.