Tallassee Lagoon Wastewater Treatment Plant, Tallassee, Alabama

Tallassee Lagoon is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located on Tuckabatchee Road in Tallassee, Elmore County, Alabama. It serves a population of about 3,950 people, classifying it as a small to medium-sized plant within the state's wastewater infrastructure. As a lagoon-based system, the plant likely provides secondary treatment through natural biological processes, which is typical for smaller communities in the region. The facility operates under the U.S. Clean Water Act, requiring an NPDES permit issued by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to regulate discharges. The plant's treated effluent is discharged into a local waterway, ultimately draining into the Tallapoosa River, a tributary of the Alabama River system. This river system supports diverse aquatic life and flows into Mobile Bay, an ecologically important estuary on the Gulf of Mexico.

The plant discharges into a local watercourse that flows into the Tallapoosa River, a major tributary of the Alabama River system. The Alabama River drains into Mobile Bay, a large estuary that supports diverse aquatic habitats including seagrass beds and oyster reefs. The watershed is ecologically significant for fish migration and water quality in the Gulf of Mexico.