Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0052868
BENT CREEK LAGOON, Hattiesburg, MS: NPDES MS0052868 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BENT CREEK LAGOON, held by BENT CREEK UTILITY INC, BENT CREEK LAGOON, holds NPDES permit MS0052868, which discharges to Perkins Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 11, 2018 and expiring May 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 filed | BENT CREEK LAGOON |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BENT CREEK UTILITY INC, BENT CREEK LAGOON |
| NPDES ID | MS0052868 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 11, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Hattiesburg, MS 39402 |
| Receiving water | PERKINS CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Perkins Creek-Black Creek (HUC 031700070102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 25 | 17 | December 31, 2025 | 242% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 22 | 10 | December 31, 2025 | 290% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 12 | 6 | December 31, 2009 | 2,259% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 10 | 4 | December 31, 2009 | 4,400% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 19 | 3 | December 31, 2022 | 60% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2009 | 75% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MS0052868.
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.