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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0036234

MORTON POTW, Morton, MS: NPDES MS0036234 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MORTON POTW holds NPDES permit MS0036234, which discharges to Strong River. EPA’s file records it issued December 13, 2019 and expiring November 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 filedMORTON POTW
Permittee as filedMORTON POTW
NPDES IDMS0036234
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 13, 2019
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2024
Issuing agencyMDEQ
AddressMorton, MS 39117
Receiving waterSTRONG RIVER
SubwatershedUpper Strong River (HUC 031800020702)

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 suspended1213567July 31, 2024367% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C1213566July 31, 2026947% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]88753July 31, 2026710% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal24234April 30, 20251,107% over the limit
E. coli41919May 31, 2025575% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]43214November 30, 2023105% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general02610May 31, 2019375% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]3273June 30, 202373% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal2113February 28, 202387% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]2202April 30, 202013% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable822May 31, 200440% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable422October 31, 202414% over the limit
pH2180
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2180
Sludge settleability 30 minute2160
Chlorine, free available200
%Effect Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia200
%Effect Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Pimephales promelas200

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
March 31, 2026Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environmentST6

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.