WINGATE WWTP - Montgomery County, Indiana Wastewater Treatment Plant

WINGATE WWTP is a municipal wastewater treatment facility located on County Road 1050 North in Montgomery County, Indiana. The plant serves a small population of 699 residents, reflecting its role in a rural community within the state. The plant provides secondary treatment, which is the standard level required by the US Clean Water Act for most municipal facilities. With a designed capacity and discharge volume of 132.49 units, it is sized appropriately for its service area. As a US facility, it operates under an EPA NPDES permit issued by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, ensuring compliance with federal water quality standards. The treated effluent is discharged into a local receiving water body, which ultimately drains into the Wabash River watershed and then to the Ohio River and Mississippi River system. This downstream connection highlights the plant's role in protecting regional water quality and aquatic habitats.

The plant discharges into a local waterway that flows into the Wabash River basin, a major tributary of the Ohio River. The Wabash River supports diverse aquatic life and is an important ecological corridor in the Midwest. Downstream, the Ohio River feeds into the Mississippi River, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico, making the plant's treatment performance relevant to downstream nutrient management and hypoxia concerns.