PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
North Pike Consolidated School District, 
North Pike Elementary and High School
Pike County
Summit, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0029581
June 2025

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Domestic NPDES

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Minor Domestic

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated via a conventional lagoon.  

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Unnamed Creek thence to Clear Creek thence to the Bogue Chitto River.  This segment appears on the current 303(d) list for Impaired Water Bodies for Biological Impairment. Clear Creek, Waterbody ID No. MSPL189R00_010, in Pike County, does have a completed TMDL for fecal coliform. The segment of the Bogue Chitto River, Waterbody ID No. MSBGCHTRM3, in Pike County, in which the confluence with Clear Creek is located, also appears as having a Completed TMDL for Fish Consumption due to Mercury.  As permitted, the permit complies with the requirements of the TMDLs. These waterbodies are in the Pearl River drainage basin. The Unnamed Creek and Clear Creek are classified as Fish and Wildlife, while the Bogue Chitto River is classified as Recreational.

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			0.03 MGD				Design
BOD			30 mg/l (Max Mo. Average)		Technology
TSS			90 mg/l (Max Mo. Average)		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