Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0020796
MACON POTW, Macon, MS: NPDES MS0020796 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MACON POTW holds NPDES permit MS0020796, which discharges to Directly Into Noxubee River. EPA’s file records it issued October 21, 2019 and expiring September 30, 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 | MACON POTW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MACON POTW |
| NPDES ID | MS0020796 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 21, 2019 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Macon, MS 39341 |
| Receiving water | DIRECTLY INTO NOXUBEE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Poplar Creek-Noxubee River (HUC 031601080504) |
| 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
- 12Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 10With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 16 | 16 | December 31, 2025 | 271% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 14 | 14 | December 31, 2025 | 590% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 9 | 9 | December 31, 2024 | 79% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 9 | 9 | December 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 5 | 5 | December 31, 2022 | 80% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2017 | 180% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2020 | 215% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2022 | 39% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2006 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2006 | 2% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 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 MS0020796.
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.