PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Woodville, Town of, Wilkinson County Correctional Facility
Wilkinson County
Woodville, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0052876
March 27, 2023

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Commercial

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater from the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility is collected and treated by an aerated lagoon wastewater treatment plant followed by chlorination prior to discharge.

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS –Fords Creek.  Fords Creek is not listed on the current State of Mississippi 303(d) list of impaired waterbodies. This waterbody is in the South Independent Streams drainage basin.  Fords Creek is classified as Fish and Wildlife. Only one discharge to surface waters is described within the application with no increase in flow proposed. The existing discharge from this facility should not further impair water quality. 

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 MS admin code part 6

VI.	SUMMARY OF DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS 
Flow					0.154 MGD			Design
BOD5					26 mg/l			WLA
Ammonia Nitrogen (Phase I)		5 mg/l			WLA
Ammonia Nitrogen (Phase II)		2.5 mg/l			WLA
TSS					60 mg/l			Technology
Minimum DO				6 mg/l 			WLA
Total Nitrogen				Report lbs/day			WLA
Total Phosphorus			Report lbs/day			WLA
E. Coli					126 Col./100ml			11 MS admin code part 6
Chlorine, Total Residual		0.025 mg/l			11 MS admin code part 6
pH 	6.0 – 9.0 S.U.				11 MS admin code part 6

Upon issuance of this permit, the permittee shall achieve compliance with the effluent limitations specified for the parameters noted as Phase I.  Beginning upon the completions and start-up of the improvements needed to comply with Phase II limitations, 3 years after the permit effective date, the permittee shall achieve compliance with the effluent limitations specified for the parameter noted as Phase II.

The permittee shall submit an engineering report that describes how the facility will come into compliance with the Phase II limitations.