Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0020061
CARTHAGE POTW, Carthage, MS: NPDES MS0020061 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CARTHAGE POTW holds NPDES permit MS0020061, which discharges to Directly Into Pearl River. EPA’s file records it issued April 17, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CARTHAGE POTW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CARTHAGE POTW |
| NPDES ID | MS0020061 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 17, 2019 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Carthage, MS 39051 |
| Receiving water | DIRECTLY INTO PEARL RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Pelaphalia Creek-Pearl River (HUC 031800011405) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 26 | 18 | December 31, 2014 | 1,352% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 31 | 13 | December 31, 2015 | 232% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 52 | 12 | December 31, 2019 | 90% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 14 | 10 | March 31, 2007 | 327% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 13 | 7 | December 31, 2023 | 41% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 50 | 6 | December 31, 2020 | 211% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 10 | 5 | December 31, 2023 | 58% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 12 | 2 | March 31, 2007 | |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 10 | 2 | December 31, 2014 | 27% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 49 | 1 | December 31, 2017 | 18% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2021 | 490% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 4 | 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 MS0020061.
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 October 14, 2026.