Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0036145
STARKVILLE POTW, Starkville, MS: NPDES MS0036145 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STARKVILLE POTW holds NPDES permit MS0036145, which discharges to Directly Into Hollis Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2020 and expiring February 28, 2025. 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 | STARKVILLE POTW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | STARKVILLE POTW |
| NPDES ID | MS0036145 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 18, 2020 |
| Expiration date | February 28, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Starkville, MS 39759 |
| Receiving water | DIRECTLY INTO HOLLIS CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Skinner Creek-Hollis Creek (HUC 031601080206) |
| 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
- 17Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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] | 8 | 192 | 104 | April 30, 2026 | 1,500% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 115 | 31 | May 31, 2026 | 200% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 37 | 26 | June 30, 2026 | 987% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 19 | 19 | June 30, 2026 | 3,517% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 28 | 17 | April 30, 2026 | 180% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 103 | 15 | January 31, 2026 | 82% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 32 | 10 | January 31, 2020 | 260% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 36 | 6 | July 31, 2026 | 48% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 18 | 2 | October 31, 2021 | 163% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 21 | 1 | January 31, 2022 | |
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 1 | December 31, 2020 | 97% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Sludge settleability 30 minute | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 12 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 20 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| January 9, 2026 | Wet-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
| August 29, 2019 | WW SSO - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| August 29, 2019 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | 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.