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WWTP Walnut Creek WWTP

Austin · official identifier CWNS2022_48003033002

75MGD reported design flow (2022) · 92nd of 15,772 (tied with 4 others)

EPA Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022 · official identifier CWNS2022_48003033002 · reported size 75 MGD reported design flow · reported treatment: Secondary · data year 2022. 92nd of 15,772 records with reported size in the inventory of United States (tied with 4 others); 0.15 % of the sum of those 15,772 records in MGD (sum of records, not national capacity); nearest inventoried plant at 8.4 km · 4 within 10 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

75MGD reported design flow
92nd of 15,772by reported size among the 15,772 records with a size in the inventory (tied with 4 others) · 0.15 % of the sum of those records (sum of records, not national capacity) · the largest plants in the country · how it is calculated
TreatmentSecondary · reported levels
Reported coordinates30.2797, -97.6528 precision reported by the source: 4 m what it means
Source and yearEPA Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022 · dataset record

FUENTES PÚBLICAS

What public sources report

Documented milestones

  • 1977 · The Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Austin was built. City of Austin

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 L03; 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

Texas: this plant on the map

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NEARBY PLANTS

Nearby wastewater treatment plants

PlantDistanceMGD reported design flowTreatment
Austin 5 Year CIP - Citywide Wastewater8.4 km151.89Secondary
Wild Horse Ranch WWTP8.9 km0.75Secondary
South Austin Regional WWTP9.2 km75Secondary
Taylor Lane WWTP9.6 km1Secondary
Dessau WWTP13.9 km0.5Secondary

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

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about this plant

What capacity does WWTP Walnut Creek WWTP report?

Reported size: 75 MGD reported design flow. Units are retained without conversion.

What treatment is reported?

Treatment Secondary. 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.