Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant

Aerial view of Blue Plains in 2016
Main building seen from the Potomac River in 2019
Aerial view of Blue Plains in 2022

Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Washington, D.C., is the largest advanced wastewater treatment plant in the world.[1] The facility is operated by the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water). The plant opened in 1937 as a primary treatment facility, and advanced treatment capacity was added in the 1970s and 1980s. The effluent that leaves Blue Plains is discharged to the Potomac River and meets some of the most stringent permit limits in the United States.[2]

  1. ^ Pipkin, Whitney (29 June 2022). "DC water treatment plant powers up for cleaner energy". Bay Journal. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant (brochure) (PDF) (Report). Washington, D.C.: DC Water. 2016.