Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0044083
CHARLESTON POTW, Charleston, MS: NPDES MS0044083 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHARLESTON POTW holds NPDES permit MS0044083, which discharges to Tillatoba Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 14, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2023. 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 | CHARLESTON POTW |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CHARLESTON POTW |
| NPDES ID | MS0044083 |
| 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 14, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Charleston, MS 38921 |
| Receiving water | TILLATOBA CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Sherman Creek-Panola Quitman Floodway (HUC 080302020306) |
| 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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 24 | 8 | December 31, 2017 | 143% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 14 | 7 | December 31, 2020 | 186% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 67 | 3 | December 31, 2019 | 60% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 17 | 1 | December 31, 2015 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 7 | 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 MS0044083.
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.