PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Poplar Springs Nursing Center, LLC
Lauderdale County
Meridian, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0052787
August 26, 2026

I.	CLASSIFICATION – NPDES Commercial

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated via a aerated lagoon followed by chlorine disinfection prior to discharge. Only one discharge to surface waters is described within the application with no increase in treated effluent flow proposed. 

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Tributary of Gunn Branch. The receiving waters are located in the Pascagoula River drainage 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. The discharge appears on a completed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for pathogens impairment. The facility provides disinfection prior to discharge, which will comply with the conditions of the 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			0.04 MGD		Design
BOD			30 mg/l 			Technology
TSS 			60 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