PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
MDOT, Highway 78, Welcome Center, Itawamba
Itawamba County
Tremont, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0043389
February 2026

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Domestic NPDES

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Minor Domestic

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

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Unnamed Creek thence into John’s Creek. The waterbodies do not appear on the current State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies.  The waterbodies are in the Tombigbee River drainage basin, and are classified as Fish and Wildlife.

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 6, Commercial (Domestic) Guidelines

VI.	SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS – 

Parameter		Value					Basis
Flow			0.015 MGD			Design
BOD			30 mg/l 				Domestic Guidelines
TSS			30 mg/l 				Domestic Guidelines
E. Coli			126 Col./100ml 		Admin Code
pH	6.0 to 9.0 S.U.				MSWQS
Chlorine	0.1 to 1.0 mg/l				Admin Code

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