Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0024228
WAYNESBORO POTW, Waynesboro, MS: NPDES MS0024228 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WAYNESBORO POTW holds NPDES permit MS0024228, which discharges to Patton Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 10, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2022. 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 | WAYNESBORO POTW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WAYNESBORO POTW |
| NPDES ID | MS0024228 |
| 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 | January 10, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Waynesboro, MS 39367 |
| Receiving water | PATTON CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Langs Creek-Chickasawhay River (HUC 031700020706) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 10With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total recoverable | 4 | 79 | 79 | June 30, 2026 | 650% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 15 | 14 | April 30, 2020 | 340% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 15 | 7 | January 31, 2018 | 295% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 7 | 6 | January 31, 2018 | 167% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2012 | 50% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Sludge settleability 30 minute | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MS0024228.
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 14, 2026.