Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0027685
BAY SPRINGS POTW, Bay Springs, MS: NPDES MS0027685 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BAY SPRINGS POTW holds NPDES permit MS0027685, which discharges to Etahoma Creek. EPA’s file records it issued July 9, 2019 and expiring June 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 | BAY SPRINGS POTW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BAY SPRINGS POTW |
| NPDES ID | MS0027685 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 9, 2019 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Bay Springs, MS 39422 |
| Receiving water | ETAHOMA CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Roaring Creek-Etehomo Creek (HUC 031700040401) |
| 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
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 19 | 16 | March 31, 2026 | 53% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 17 | 11 | March 31, 2024 | 30% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 34 | 10 | April 30, 2024 | 50% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 31 | 7 | March 31, 2017 | 120% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 11 | 5 | September 30, 2013 | 700% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 25 | 1 | February 29, 2016 | 26% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 1 | February 28, 2017 | 13% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Sludge settleability 30 minute | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 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 MS0027685.
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.