PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
West Point Consolidated School District,
West Clay Elementary School
Clay County
Montpelier, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0029459
September 18, 2023

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Domestic NPDES

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Minor Domestic

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated via an activated sludge system.  

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Ditch to Standing Reed Creek thence to Line Creek. Standing Reed Creek does appear on The curent State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies. TMDL has not been conducted for these receiving streams. The facility is not expanding; therefore, the limitations stay the same as previous permit. These waterbodies are in the Tombigbee River drainage basin, and are classified as Fish and Wildlife.

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – State of Mississippi Wastewater Regulations (11 MS admin code part 6),  State of Mississippi Water Quality Criteria, Commercial Facility Guidelines

VI.	SUMMARY OF DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS – 

Parameter			Value					Basis
Flow				0.012 MGD				Design
BOD 				30 mg/l (Yearly Average)		Domestic Guidelines
TSS				30 mg/l (Yearly Average)		Domestic Guidelines
E. Coli				126 Col./100mL (Yearly Average)	Domestic Guidelines
Effluent pH			6.0 to 9.0 S.U.				MS WQS
Chlorine			0.1 to 1.0 mg/l				MS WQS
Dissolved Oxygen 		Report 					MSWQS

The minimum and maximum values for Influent ph, Dissolved Oxygen in aeration unit, and 30-Minute Sludge Settleability in aeration unit must be reported.