PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Madison County School District, Velma Jackson School
Madison County
Camden, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0034045
November 2023

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Commercial NPDES Minor

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic Wastewater

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated biologically by means of aerated lagoon followed by disinfection.  No increase in flow is proposed within the application.  

IV.	RECEIVING WATERS – Doaks Creek.  The receiving stream is located within the Big Black River Basin and is 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 evaluated or impaired waterbodies.  Only one discharge to surface waters is described within the application with no increase in flow proposed.  The discharge is included in a TMDL for Pathogens, which the facility complies with via disinfection.

V.	APPLICABLE GUIDELINES – 11 MS Admin Code pt. 6, Commercial Guidelines

VI.	SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS –
Parameters				Values			Basis
Flow 					0.025 MGD		Design
BOD5					30 mg/l		Commercial Guidelines
TSS					60 mg/l		Commercial Guidelines
E. Coli					126 Col./100 ml	Admin Code
Total Residual Chlorine		0.1 – 1.0 mg/l		Commercial Guidelines
pH					6.0 – 9.0 SU		Admin Code