PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Magic River Campground LLC
Harrison County
Long Beach, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0050911
May 2025

I.	CLASSIFICATION – NPDES Commercial

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic Wastewater

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated biologically by means of a septic tank followed by a rock reed filter and chlorine disinfection prior to discharge. No increase in flow proposed within the application. 

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Unnamed Tributary of the Wolf River. The receiving waters are located within the Coastal Streams drainage basin and are classified as Recreational.  At the point of discharge, the receiving stream does not appear on the current State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies or on a completed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 Mississippi Admin Code pt. 6, State of Mississippi Water Quality Criteria (MSWQS), Commercial Facility Guidelines (Technology)

VI.	SUMMARY OF DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS – 

Parameter				Value		Basis
Flow					0.0025 MGD		Design
BOD5					30 mg/l 		Technology
TSS					30 mg/l 		Technology
*Enterococci				35 Col./100ml		MSWQS
Chlorine, Total Residual	0.1 – 1.0 mg/l		Technology
pH					6.0 – 9.0 SU		MSWQS

*The permit contains enterococci limits in accordance with the state bacteria standards for marine and estuarine waters.