Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0024147
BROOKHAVEN POTW, Brookhaven, MS: NPDES MS0024147 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BROOKHAVEN POTW holds NPDES permit MS0024147, which discharges to Halbert Branch. EPA’s file records it issued April 28, 2021 and expiring March 31, 2026. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BROOKHAVEN POTW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BROOKHAVEN POTW |
| NPDES ID | MS0024147 |
| 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 | April 28, 2021 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2026 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Brookhaven, MS 39601 |
| Receiving water | HALBERT BRANCH |
| Subwatershed | East Bogue Chitto (HUC 031800050102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 18Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 51 | 23 | May 31, 2022 | 1,151% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 37 | 9 | July 31, 2015 | 210% over the limit |
| Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP] | 0 | 17 | 7 | April 30, 2014 | 936% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 13 | 7 | April 30, 2018 | 180% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 7 | 6 | March 31, 2024 | 227% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 3 | January 31, 2015 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 5 | 3 | May 31, 2012 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 16 | 2 | February 28, 2023 | 9% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2007 | 983% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 37 | 1 | June 30, 2021 | 19% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sludge settleability 30 minute | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 0 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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 15, 2026.