Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0046078
DIAMONDHEAD WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT, Diamondhead, MS: NPDES MS0046078 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DIAMONDHEAD WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT holds NPDES permit MS0046078, which discharges to Jourdan River. EPA’s file records it issued January 23, 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 | DIAMONDHEAD WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | DIAMONDHEAD WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT |
| NPDES ID | MS0046078 |
| 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 23, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Diamondhead, MS 39525 |
| Receiving water | JOURDAN RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Bayou Talla-Jourdan River (HUC 031700091304) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 15With 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 | 31 | March 31, 2015 | 284% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 37 | 31 | August 31, 2017 | 85% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 43 | 23 | April 30, 2017 | 834% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 56 | 19 | February 28, 2018 | 3,700% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 29 | 9 | April 30, 2017 | 380% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 9 | 7 | February 28, 2013 | 53% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 2 | 10 | 4 | April 30, 2010 | 304% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 9 | 3 | May 31, 2013 | 15% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 17 | 1 | December 31, 2016 | 9% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 17 | 1 | July 31, 2017 | 6% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sludge settleability 30 minute | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 1, 2019 | WW SSO - Related Unapproved Bypass | ST6 |
| February 1, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| January 23, 2019 | WW SSO - CWA §308 Failure to submit required permit application info (includes satellite systems) | ST6 |
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.