PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Bass Memorial Academy, Adventist Health Center
Lamar County
Lumberton, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0037401
August 21, 2025

I.	CLASSIFICATION – NPDES Commercial

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT –Domestic wastewater is collected and treated via chlorine tablets within a lagoon prior to discharging into an unnamed tributary thence into Beaverdam Creek. 

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Unnamed tributary thence into Beaverdam Creek. The receiving waters are located in the Pascagoula River basin and are classified as Fish and Wildlife. At the point of discharge, the receiving stream does not appear on the current State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies, nor does the discharge appear on a completed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).

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

VI.	SUMMARY OF DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS – 

	Parameter			Value	Basis
	Flow				0.015 MGD	Design
	BOD				30 mg/l 	Technology
	TSS 				90 mg/l 	Technology
	E. coli				126 Col./100mL 	MSWQS
	pH				6.0 to 9.0 S.U.	MSWQS
	Chlorine			0.1 to 1.0 mg/l	Technology