Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0031275

JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS, WEST JONES HIGH SCHOOL, Laurel, MS: NPDES MS0031275 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
6Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS, WEST JONES HIGH SCHOOL holds NPDES permit MS0031275, which discharges to Tallahoma Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 21, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021. 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	JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS, WEST JONES HIGH SCHOOL
Permittee as filed	JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS, WEST JONES HIGH SCHOOL
NPDES ID	MS0031275
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	December 21, 2016
Expiration date	November 30, 2021
Issuing agency	MDEQ
Address	Laurel, MS 39440
Receiving water	TALLAHOMA CREEK
Subwatershed	Spring Creek-Horse Creek (HUC 031700050106)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
6With a violation of any kind
3With 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
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	1	5	2	December 31, 2014	23% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	13	1	December 31, 2023	13% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general	2	7	1	December 31, 2013	1,275% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	12	0
pH	2	6	0
Chlorine, total residual	2	6	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 MS0031275.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MS0031275, held by JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS, WEST JONES HIGH SCHOOL in Laurel, MS, which discharges to TALLAHOMA CREEK in the Spring Creek-Horse Creek subwatershed (HUC 031700050106). The permit's status is listed as Effective, with a Minor discharger class, and its file shows 6 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 6 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance.