Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0020788
WEST POINT POTW, WEST, West Point, MS: NPDES MS0020788 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 16Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
WEST POINT POTW, WEST holds NPDES permit MS0020788, which discharges to Town Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 18, 2017 and expiring June 30, 2022. 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 | WEST POINT POTW, WEST |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | WEST POINT POTW, WEST |
| NPDES ID | MS0020788 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 18, 2017 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | West Point, MS 39773 |
| Receiving water | TOWN CREEK |
| Subwatershed | McGee Creek-Tibbee Creek (HUC 031601040602) |
| 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
- 19Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 16With 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 | 88 | 48 | August 31, 2024 | 933% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 54 | 46 | June 30, 2008 | 8,300% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 79 | 39 | January 31, 2026 | 180% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 21 | 21 | November 30, 2007 | 2,205% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total recoverable | 0 | 16 | 16 | April 30, 2002 | 477% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 18 | 13 | December 31, 2025 | 73% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 19 | 11 | June 30, 2025 | 17% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 44 | 8 | March 31, 2022 | 690% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 12 | 7 | March 31, 2022 | 307% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 6 | 6 | August 31, 2018 | 51% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 12 | 5 | January 31, 2023 | 25% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 12 | 4 | December 31, 2022 | 1,400% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 5 | 3 | March 31, 2022 | 26% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 11 | 2 | December 31, 2013 | |
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2002 | 875% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 1 | February 28, 2002 | 187% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Sludge settleability 30 minute | 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 MS0020788.
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.