PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
JAI Jalaram Inc, Super 8 Motel
Lee County
Tupelo, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0039501
January 2018

I.	CLASSIFICATION – NPDES Commercial

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic 

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated biologically by means of a conventional lagoon followed by chlorine disinfection prior to discharge.  Only one discharge to surface waters is described within the application with no increase in treated effluent flow proposed.   

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Unnamed tributary of Town Creek.  The receiving waters are located within the Tombigbee River Basin and are classified as Fish and Wildlife.  At the point of discharge, the receiving stream does not appear on the current State of Mississippi 303(d) list of Impaired waterbodies.  The discharge does appear on a completed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Fecal Coliform in Town Creek (June 2002). The facility utilizes chlorine disinfection, which complies with the conditions of the TMDL.  

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 Mississippi Admin Code pt. 6, Commercial Facility Guidelines (Technology), TMDL 

VI.	SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS –
	Parameter					Value		Basis
	Flow						0.0045 MGD		Design
	BOD5						30 mg/l		Technology
	TSS						90 mg/l 		Technology
	E. coli						126 Col./100 ml		Admin Code, TMDL
	Chlorine, Total Residual		0.1 – 1.0 mg/l 		Admin Code
	pH				   6.0 – 9.0 SU			Admin Code

VII.	CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS PERMIT –

E. coli has replaced fecal coliform as the bacterial indicator for all freshwaters in Mississippi designated as Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Support, and/or Public Water supply.