PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Grace Covenant Church
Jones County
Ellisville, Mississippi
Water SOP No. MSU091027
February 2017

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Commercial State Operating Permit (SOP)

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic Wastewater 

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected from the Grace Covenant Church and treated by means of an aerobic treatment unit and chlorinated before final over land application. The treatment capacity of the system is 3000 gallons per day.  No increase in capacity is proposed.  

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – None. No discharge to surface waters is proposed within the application.  

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

VI.	SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS – None. No discharge to surface waters is proposed within the application.  144

	The wastewater treatment and disposal system for this project must protect water quality. 		This permit is 	subject to modification if future evidence, monitoring results, or other 	information indicates that surface water quality is being adversely affected.  This permit 	may be modified to require monitoring of surface water if needed to ensure that water 	quality is being protected.  

	Operation of the wastewater treatment and disposal system for this project shall cease and 	connection made to a regional or municipal sewer system when available in the area.