Holland Area Wastewater Treatment Plant

42 South River Ave, Holland, MI 49423

The Holland Area Wastewater Treatment Plant receives wastewater from five townships and the City of Holland. The wastewater influent arrives through two pipes. One comes from the north side and serves Park Township, Holland Township and Zeeland Township. The second comes from the south side and serves Fillmore Township, Laketown Township, part of Holland Charter Township, part of Park Township and the City of Holland.

Once in the facility, the influent is treated in several stages. The primary stage includes routing the wastewater to primary treatment clarifiers where about half of the pollutants in the wastewater are removed.  The next step, secondary treatment, includes using biological and gravity treatments to bring the level of pollutants removed to over 85%. This meets all discharge permits issued by the EPA and DEQ, and allows the treated wastewater to be released to Lake Macatawa.

Years ago the Holland BPW in partnership with several local government agencies funded creation of an educational video about the importance of clean water.

Clean Water - Everybody's Business