Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0022331
WATER VALLEY POTW, Water Valley, MS: NPDES MS0022331 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WATER VALLEY POTW holds NPDES permit MS0022331, which discharges to Otoucalofa Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 24, 2019 and expiring April 30, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | WATER VALLEY POTW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WATER VALLEY POTW |
| NPDES ID | MS0022331 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 24, 2019 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Water Valley, MS 38965 |
| Receiving water | OTOUCALOFA CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Johnson Creek-Otoucalofa Creek (HUC 080302030203) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 12With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 231 | 183 | May 31, 2025 | 521% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 16 | 128 | 64 | November 30, 2025 | 278% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 29 | 24 | December 31, 2025 | 374% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 26 | 12 | March 31, 2019 | 57% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 23 | 9 | July 31, 2024 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 72 | 8 | October 31, 2025 | 56% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 13 | 7 | August 31, 2013 | 300% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 19 | 5 | August 31, 2016 | 611% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 12 | 5 | July 31, 2017 | 27% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 11 | 1 | March 31, 2015 | 45% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 9 | 1 | October 31, 2021 | 42% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 9 | 1 | May 31, 2018 | 6% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil & grease [freon extr.-IR meth] tot, RC | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MS0022331.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.