PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Jones County Schools, Glade Elementary
Jones County
Laurel,, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0031267
August 2026

I.		CLASSIFICATION – Commercial NPDES 

II.		DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic Wastewater

III.		DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated by means of a conventional lagoon.  No increase in treated effluent flow is proposed within the application.  

IV.		RECEIVING STREAM – Unnamed creek thence into Bogue Homo River.  The receiving waters are located within the Pascagoula River Basin and are classified as Fish and Wildlife.  At the point of discharge, the receiving stream does not appear on the 2026 State of Mississippi 303(d) list of evaluated or impaired waterbodies.  The discharge is listed in the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Biological Impairment Due to Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients (June 2005).  This facility performs quarterly nutrient monitoring in order to comply with the conditions of the TMDL. Only one discharge to surface waters is described within the application with no increase in treated effluent flow proposed.  

V.		APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 Mississippi Admin Code Pt. 6, Commercial Facility Guidelines (Technology), MS Water Quality Standards, Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)

VI.	      CHANGES TO PREVIOUS PERMIT - E. coli has replaced fecal coliform as the bacterial indicator for all freshwaters in Mississippi designated as Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Support, and/or Public Water supply.

VII.	SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS –

		Parameter	Value				Basis
		Flow		0.015 MGD				Design
		BOD5		30 mg/l (Yearly Avg.)		Technology
		TSS		90 mg/l (Yearly Avg.)		Technology
		E. coli		126 Col./100 ml			MS WQS
		Chlorine, Total Residual		0.1 – 1.0 mg/l			Technology
		pH		6.0 – 9.0 SU				MS WQS
		Nitrogen, Total		Report mg/l				TMDL
		Phosphorus, Total		Report mg/l 				TMDL