Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MS0053589
COLUMBUS LIGHT & WATER DEPT, NORTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Columbus, MS: NPDES MS0053589 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLUMBUS LIGHT & WATER DEPT, NORTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT holds NPDES permit MS0053589, which discharges to Luxapallila Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 4, 2017 and expiring July 31, 2022. 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 | COLUMBUS LIGHT & WATER DEPT, NORTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | COLUMBUS LIGHT & WATER DEPT, NORTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT |
| NPDES ID | MS0053589 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 4, 2017 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2022 |
| Issuing agency | MDEQ |
| Address | Columbus, MS 39703 |
| Receiving water | LUXAPALLILA CREEK |
| Subwatershed | McCrary Creek-Luxapallila Creek (HUC 031601050503) |
| NAICS | 221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
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
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 7 | 5 | September 30, 2015 | 193% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 3 | 2 | December 31, 2008 | 1,198% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 3 | 1 | September 30, 2005 | |
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MS0053589.
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.