Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0044881

WEST LOWNDES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Columbus, MS: NPDES MS0044881 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

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

WEST LOWNDES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, held by LOWNDES COUNTY SCHOOL DIST, W LOWNDES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, holds NPDES permit MS0044881, which discharges to Gilmer Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 20, 2019 and expiring January 31, 2024. 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	WEST LOWNDES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Permittee as filed	LOWNDES COUNTY SCHOOL DIST, W LOWNDES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NPDES ID	MS0044881
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	February 20, 2019
Expiration date	January 31, 2024
Issuing agency	MDEQ
Address	Columbus, MS 39701
Receiving water	GILMER CREEK
Subwatershed	Motley Slu-Gilmer Creek (HUC 031601060101)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

7Pollutants on file
6Under a numeric limit
7With 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
Chlorine, total residual	2	13	3	December 31, 2021	120% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	23	1	December 31, 2012	7% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	8	1	December 31, 2020	125% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	22	0
pH	2	12	0
Coliform, fecal general	0	8	0
E. coli	2	4	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 MS0044881.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MS0044881, held by LOWNDES COUNTY SCHOOL DIST for WEST LOWNDES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in Columbus, MS, which discharges to GILMER CREEK. The permit is listed as Effective and Minor Discharger class, with 7 pollutants on file, 6 under a numeric limit, 7 with a violation of any kind, and 3 with an effluent exceedance. Its issue and expiration dates are shown as February 20, 2019 and January 31, 2024, as EPA's permit file stood when the page was loaded on September 15, 2026.