TEA Breathitt County WWTP - Lost Creek, Kentucky Wastewater Treatment Plant

TEA Breathitt County WWTP is a planned wastewater treatment facility located on Riverside School Road in Lost Creek, Kentucky, within Breathitt County. Designed to serve a small population of 150 residents, the plant will provide secondary treatment for municipal wastewater in this rural Appalachian community. The plant is projected to have a designed capacity of 378.54 cubic meters per day, with a corresponding discharge volume. As a secondary treatment facility, it will meet the minimum requirements under the U.S. Clean Water Act, which mandates secondary treatment for municipal plants. The facility will operate under an EPA NPDES permit issued by the Kentucky Division of Water, ensuring compliance with federal and state water quality standards. The treated effluent will be discharged to a nearby unnamed receiving water body, which ultimately drains into the Kentucky River system and then to the Ohio River and Mississippi River. This plant will help protect local streams and the broader watershed from untreated sewage, supporting aquatic life and downstream water quality in the region.

The plant discharges into a local stream that flows into the Kentucky River, a major tributary of the Ohio River. The Kentucky River basin supports diverse aquatic species and provides drinking water for many communities. The plant's secondary treatment will reduce organic pollutants and suspended solids, protecting the ecological health of the watershed and downstream environments.