PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Jones County Schools, Glade Elementary
Jones County
Laurel, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0031267
November 7, 2016

I.		CLASSIFICATION – Commercial NPDES 

II.		DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic Wastewater

III.		DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated by means of a conventional lagoon.  No increase in treated effluent flow is proposed within the application.  

IV.		RECEIVING STREAM – Unnamed creek thence into Bogue Homo River.  The receiving waters are located within the Pascagoula River Basin and are classified as Fish and Wildlife.  At the point of discharge, the receiving stream does not appear on the most recent State of Mississippi 303(d) list of evaluated or impaired waterbodies.  The discharge is listed in the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Biological Impairment Due to Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients (June 2005).  Only one discharge to surface waters is described within the application with no increase in treated effluent flow proposed.  

V.		APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 Mississippi Admin Code pt. 6

VI.		SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS –
		Parameter	Value				Basis
		Flow		0.015 MGD			Design
		BOD5		30 mg/l (Yearly Avg.)		Admin Code
		TSS		90 mg/l (Yearly Avg.)		Admin Code
		Fecal Coliform		200 Col./100 ml		Admin Code
		Chlorine, Total Residual		0.1 – 1.0 mg/l			Admin Code
		pH		6.0 – 9.0 SU			Admin Code
		Nitrogen, Total		Report mg/l			TMDL
		Phosphorus, Total		Report mg/l 			TMDL