Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0021482
TCHULA POTW, Tchula, MS: NPDES MS0021482 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 8Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TCHULA POTW holds NPDES permit MS0021482, which discharges to Tchula Lake. 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 (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | TCHULA POTW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TCHULA POTW |
| NPDES ID | MS0021482 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor 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 | Tchula, MS 39169 |
| Receiving water | TCHULA LAKE |
| Subwatershed | Tchula Lake Cutoff-Tchula Lake (HUC 080302060406) |
| 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
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 8With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 19 | 5 | December 31, 2012 | 1,069% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 16 | 4 | December 31, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 9 | 3 | December 31, 2021 | 111% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 34 | 2 | December 31, 2019 | 206% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 65 | 1 | December 31, 2020 | 3% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 9 | 1 | December 31, 2021 | 2% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 9 | 1 | December 31, 2020 | 49% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 5 | 1 | December 31, 2010 | 75% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 32 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 8 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2023 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | 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 October 14, 2026.