ULYSSES WWTP - Secondary Treatment Plant in Utica, Nebraska

ULYSSES WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Utica, Nebraska, United States. The plant serves a small population of 275 residents, providing secondary treatment to meet local water quality standards. As a small-scale facility, it plays a vital role in managing the community's wastewater needs within Seward County. The plant operates with a designed capacity of 151.42 megaliters per year and currently treats an annual discharge volume of 113.56 megaliters. Under the U.S. Clean Water Act, secondary treatment is the minimum required level for municipal plants, ensuring that effluent meets federal standards for biochemical oxygen demand and total suspended solids before discharge. The treated effluent from ULYSSES WWTP is discharged into local waterways that ultimately drain into the Platte River basin. The Platte River is a critical water source for agriculture and wildlife in Nebraska, supporting diverse aquatic habitats and migratory bird species along the Central Flyway.

The plant's discharge enters the local watershed, which flows into the Platte River, a major tributary of the Missouri River. The Platte River system supports a diverse ecosystem, including sandhill cranes and other migratory birds, and provides irrigation water for Nebraska's agricultural heartland. The plant's secondary treatment helps protect downstream water quality in this ecologically sensitive river basin.