PERMIT RATIONALE FOR REISSUANCE
Madison County Schools, Luther Branson Elementary
Madison County
Canton, Missisippi
Water NPDES No. MS0029378
December 2023

I.	CLASSIFICATION – Commercial NPDES Minor

II.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER – Domestic Wastewater 

III.	DESCRIPTION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Domestic wastewater is collected and treated by means of a conventional 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 for evaluated or impaired waterbodies. The discharge appears on a Fecal Coliform TMDL for the Big Black River, which the facility complies with via disinfection. Only one discharge to surface waters is described within the application with no increase in flow proposed.

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

VI.	SUMMARY OF LIMITATIONS –
Parameter					Value
Flow						0.018 MGD
BOD5						30 mg/l 
TSS						90 mg/l 
E. Coli 						126 Col./100 ml
Total Residual Chlorine				0.1 – 1.0 mg/l
pH						6.0 – 9.0 SU