PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Hickory Crest Estates Utility Company
Pontotoc County
Pontotoc,, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0054810
3/27/2026

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 – Ditch thence into Lappatubby Creek. Lappatubby Creek, in Pontotoc County, does not appear on The current State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Waterbodies.  This discharge has a completed TMDL for pathogen.  As permitted, this facility will utilize chlorine disinfection and will comply with the conditions of the TMDL.  These waterbodies are in the Yazoo River drainage basin, and are classified as Fish and Wildlife.

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – State of Mississippi Wastewater Regulations (11 MS admin code part 6), State of Mississippi Water Quality Criteria, Commercial Facility Guidelines, TMDL

VI.	SUMMARY OF DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS – 

Parameter		Value					Basis
Flow			0.017 MGD				Design
BOD			30 to 45 mg/l				Domestic Guidelines
TSS			90 mg/l				Domestic Guidelines
E. Coli			126 to 400 Col./100mL	 	Domestic Guidelines
pH			6.0 to 9.0 S.U.				MSWQS
Chlorine		0.1 to 1.0 mg/L			MSWQS/TMDL

E. Coli will now be the bacterial indicator used for all freshwaters in MS designated as Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Support, and /or Public Water supply (replacing the use of fecal coliform).