Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0029025
FALKNER POTW, Falkner, MS: NPDES MS0029025 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FALKNER POTW holds NPDES permit MS0029025, which discharges to Muddy Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 5, 2018 and expiring May 31, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | FALKNER POTW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FALKNER POTW |
| NPDES ID | MS0029025 |
| 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 | June 5, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Falkner, MS 39629 |
| Receiving water | MUDDY CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Turkey Creek-Muddy Creek (HUC 080102070602) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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] | 5 | 90 | 28 | August 31, 2024 | 800% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 71 | 16 | December 31, 2024 | 2,520% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 69 | 14 | December 31, 2025 | 1,333% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 9 | 8 | December 31, 2011 | 65% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 19 | 6 | December 31, 2025 | 7,067% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 5 | 4 | December 31, 2011 | 367% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 7 | 2 | December 31, 2010 | 200% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 2 | December 31, 2011 | 260% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 1 | May 31, 2024 | |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 3 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 16, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| September 16, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
| September 16, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | 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 September 15, 2026.