Virgil WWTP - Secondary Wastewater Treatment in Virgil, Kansas

Virgil WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Virgil, Kansas, United States. The plant serves a small population of 106 residents, reflecting the rural character of the community in Greenwood County. As a secondary treatment plant, it provides biological treatment to reduce organic pollutants and suspended solids before discharge. The plant's designed capacity is 75.71 thousand cubic meters per year, with an actual discharge volume of 41.64 thousand cubic meters per year, indicating operational headroom. Under the U.S. Clean Water Act, facilities of this scale are typically regulated through the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program, administered by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Secondary treatment is the minimum standard for municipal wastewater plants in the United States. The treated effluent from Virgil WWTP ultimately drains into the Verdigris River watershed, which flows southward into Oklahoma and joins the Arkansas River. The Arkansas River eventually reaches the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. The plant's operations help protect local streams and downstream water quality in a region dominated by agriculture and prairie ecosystems.

Virgil WWTP discharges into the Verdigris River basin, a tributary of the Arkansas River system that flows to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. The local watershed supports agricultural land use and prairie habitats. The plant's secondary treatment helps reduce nutrient and organic loading, protecting downstream aquatic life and maintaining water quality for recreational and ecological uses.