PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Blackland Water Association System, Golden Acres Subdivision
Prentiss County
Booneville, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0033634
January 5, 2023

I.	CLASSIFICATION – NPDES Commercial 

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic wastewater

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

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Unnamed Tributary of Wolf Creek.  The receiving waters are in the Tombigbee River Basin and are classified as Fish and Wildlife. Wolf Creek does appear on the current State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Waterbodies for Biological Impairment.  Wolf Creek does not have a completed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), but a future TMDL may be completed based on the impairment stated above. This may result in new or reductions in limitations in future permits. 

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 Mississippi Admin Code pt. 6, Commercial Facility Guidelines (Technology)

VI.	SUMMARY OF DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS – 

Parameter			Value				Basis
Flow				0.017 MGD		Design
BOD5				30 mg/l 			Technology
TSS				60 mg/l 			Technology
E. coli				126 Col./100 ml 	Admin Code
Chlorine			0.1 – 1.0 mg/l	Admin Code
	pH 			6.0 – 9.0 S.U.		Admin Code

VII.	CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS PERMIT –

None