Woodstock WPCF - Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant in Woodstock, Georgia

Woodstock Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) is a municipal wastewater treatment plant located in Woodstock, Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. The facility serves a population of approximately 3,530 residents, placing it in the small-agglomeration category under US regulatory frameworks. As a publicly owned treatment works (POTW), it operates under the Clean Water Act and is subject to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting administered by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. Under the Clean Water Act, plants of this scale are typically required to provide secondary treatment as a minimum standard. The facility's treatment processes and capacity details are not publicly available in this dataset, but the regulatory framework ensures that effluent quality meets state and federal standards for the protection of receiving waters. The plant's design and operation are overseen by local municipal authorities to maintain compliance with discharge limits. The plant discharges into the Etowah River watershed, which flows into the Coosa River, then the Alabama River, and ultimately reaches the Gulf of Mexico via the Mobile River system. The Etowah River supports diverse aquatic life, including several species of freshwater mussels and fish. Downstream ecosystems benefit from the plant's treatment processes that reduce pollutants before discharge.

Woodstock WPCF discharges into the Etowah River basin, part of the larger Coosa-Alabama-Mobile river system that drains into the Gulf of Mexico. The Etowah River is an ecologically significant waterway supporting diverse aquatic species, including endemic fish and mussels. The plant's treated effluent contributes to the river's flow, and its operation under Clean Water Act regulations helps protect downstream habitats and water quality in the broader Mobile Bay estuary.