WWTP BUNCOMBE COUNTY MSD WWTP

Asheville · official identifier CWNS2022_37001104001

40MGD reported design flow (2022) · 195th of 15,772 (tied with 16 others)

EPA Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022 · official identifier CWNS2022_37001104001 · reported size 40 MGD reported design flow · reported treatment: Advanced · data year 2022. 195th of 15,772 records with reported size in the inventory of United States (tied with 16 others); 0.08 % of the sum of those 15,772 records in MGD (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 18.7 km. Reported data with their source; estimates are not measurements of the plant.

Aguas SB does not manage this wastewater treatment plant.

WHAT THE DATA REPORT

Reported data official data · 2022

40MGD reported design flow

195th of 15,772by reported size among the 15,772 records with a size in the inventory (tied with 16 others) · 0.08 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated

Treatment	Advanced · reported levels
Reported coordinates	35.6457, -82.5976 precision reported by the source: 4 m what it means
Source and year	EPA Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022 · dataset record

FUENTES PÚBLICAS

What public sources report

Population of the served area (Instalación CWNS 37001104001): 173,898 inhabitants (2022, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)).

Facts taken from public documents, with their date and link; an authorisation, a project or a planned capacity do not prove operation or quantities actually treated. Aguas SB editorial layer, lot L06; it does not change the official data.

REGULATORY REFERENCES

Referencia normativa: United States

Regulatory framework of United States. Individual applicability is not determined in this profile.

LOCATION

North Carolina: this plant on the map

this plant on the map · regional directory.

NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

Plant	Distance	MGD reported design flow	Treatment
MARSHALL WWTP · Marshall · CWNS2022_37005802001	18.7 km	0.4	Secondary
MARS HILL WWTP · Mars Hill · CWNS2022_37005803001	20.6 km	0.43	Secondary
HENDERSONVILLE WWTP	34.7 km	4.8	Advanced
HOT SPRINGS WWTP · Hot Springs	35.0 km	0.08	Secondary
Housing Authority WWTP	36.2 km	0.01	Secondary

Distances are between reported coordinates; proximity does not establish a hydraulic connection.

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP BUNCOMBE COUNTY MSD WWTP report?

Reported size: 40 MGD reported design flow. Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

Treatment Advanced. Nitrogen, phosphorus and UV are shown only when explicitly reported.

SOURCE AND CORRECTIONS

Source

reported data · EPA Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022 · data 2022 · edition 2022 · source licence: Public domain (EPA geospatial default; see LICENCIA.txt) · JSON for this plant · suggest a correction · catalogue 2026-11-06. Reported data, not a current inspection; no compliance judgements.