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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0032816

WEST POTW, West, MS: NPDES MS0032816 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WEST POTW holds NPDES permit MS0032816, which discharges to Big Black. EPA’s file records it issued September 20, 2018 and expiring August 31, 2023. 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 filedWEST POTW
Permittee as filedWEST POTW
NPDES IDMS0032816
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 20, 2018
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2023
Issuing agencyMDEQ
AddressWest, MS 39192
Receiving waterBIG BLACK
SubwatershedKyle Creek-Big Black River (HUC 080602010702)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended8946December 31, 2022583% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal1165December 31, 2022147% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C8902December 31, 2013225% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2242December 31, 20151,739% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2242December 31, 201560% over the limit
E. coli2162December 31, 20226,249% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal1132December 31, 20189% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]181December 31, 202216% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]4360
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]4360
Phosphorus, total [as P]4360
pH2230
Coliform, fecal general0160

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MS0032816.

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.