PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Lauderdale County School District, Southeast Middle School
Lauderdale County
Meridian, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0048895
May 2025

I.	CLASSIFICATION – NPDES Commercial

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic Wastewater

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated via lagoon cells followed by an artificial wetland system. No increase in flow is proposed within the application.

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Buckatunna Creek. Buckatunna Creek does not appear on the current State of Mississippi Section 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies.  This facility is listed in a completed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Fecal Coliform (December 1999). As permitted, this facility complies with the conditions of the TMDL. This water body is in the Pascagoula River drainage basin and is classified as Fish and Wildlife. This discharge should not further impair water quality.

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 MS Admin Code Part 6, Commercial Facility Guidelines (Technology)

VI.	SUMMARY OF DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS – 

Parameter		Value					Basis
Flow			0.014 MGD				Design
BOD			30 mg/l				Technology
TSS			90 mg/l				Technology
E. Coli			126 Col./100ml			Technology
pH			6.0 to 9.0 S.U.				MS WQS
Chlorine		0.1 to 1.0 mg/l				Technology