Plaquemines Parish Government- Buras WWTP
120 El Dorado Drive, Buras, LA 70041 · Plaquemines County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 0.72 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- LAL044041
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- 4,297
- CWNS 2022
Plaquemines Parish Government- Buras WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Buras, Plaquemines County, Louisiana treating an average of 0.72 million gallons per day, serving about 4,297 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit LAL044041 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 0 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 4 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in April 2017.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Plaquemines Parish Government- Buras WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 0
- Effluent violations
- 0
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
EPA enforcement history
Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for Plaquemines Parish Government- Buras WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 4
- 0 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $1,000
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $1,200
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Apr 2017
Plaquemines Parish Government (Buras)
Administrative order · CWA, Sewage Sludge Disposal · Final Order With Penalty · Penalty $1,000 · Compliance actions $1,000
EPA's description of the case:
“Civil Penalty sought for violations issued to Plaquemines Parish Government, Buras, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2016-1766.
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Every action against Plaquemines Parish Government- Buras WWTP with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
3 verified contacts for Plaquemines Parish Government- Buras WWTP, with validated emails and direct phone numbers.
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Plaquemines Parish Government- Buras WWTP: frequently asked questions
Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed October 26, 2026; facility record last updated April 24, 2025.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Equalization tank · Centrate · all terms