PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Vicksburg Warren School District, Bovina Elementary School
Warren County
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Water NPDES No. MS0042811
November 2023

I.	FACILITY INFORMATION

Facility Name:  Vicksburg Warren School District, Bovina Elementary School
Facility Address:  5 Willow Creek Drive 
Vicksburg, MS  39182    
Vicksburg, 
Permit No.:  MS0042811
SIC:  8211
Permit Writer:  Christiana Boren
EPD Branch:  Municipal and Private Facilities

II.	CLASSIFICATION – NPDES Commercial

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic

IV.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated via an activated sludge plant 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. 

V.	RECEIVING WATERS – Unnamed creek thence into Clear Creek. The receiving waters are located in the Big Black drainage basin and are classified as Fish and Wildlife. At the point of discharge, the receiving stream does appear on the current State of Mississippi 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies. The discharge does appear on a completed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for low pH in the Big Black River Basin (March 2001). The facility is required to meet water quality standards for pH, which complies with the conditions of the TMDL.

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

VII.	SUMMARY OF DISCHARGE LIMITATIONS – 

	Parameter		Value				Basis
Flow			0.07 MGD			Design
BOD			30 mg/l 				Technology
TSS 			30 mg/l 				Technology
E. coli			126 Col./100mL 	Admin Code
pH			6.0 to 9.0 S.U.		Admin Code
Chlorine		0.1 to 1.0 mg/l		Admin Code

Minimums and maximums for Influent pH, Aeration Basin D.O., and 30-minute Sludge Settleability must also be reported.

VIII.	CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS PERMIT – None.