Central Valley water board fines several polluters
"Thursday, November 27, 2008
The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board has issued disciplinary measures against several businesses and municipalities in recent weeks, including monetary fines to the city of Stockton.
The city of Stockton, the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, and Oakwood Lake Water District/ Beck Properties face penalties of $18,000, $54,000, and $63,000, respectively, for numerous violations of permitted effluent limits at their discharge sites.
The Central Valley water board's assistant executive officer has issued Administrative Civil Liability Complaints for assessment of mandatory minimum penalties for each of the three facilities.
The city of Stockton faces $18,000 in MMPs for effluent limitation violations that occurred at its wastewater treatment plant from Jan. 1, 2000 through April 30, 2008. The city violated the effluent limitations for dibromochloromethane, carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand and total coliform organisms. Wastewater from the facility is discharged to the San Joaquin River.
The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District faces $54,000 in MMPs for effluent limitation violations at the wastewater treatment plant from Jan. 1, 2000 through April 30, 2008. The district violated the effluent limitations for chlorine residual, cyanide, pH, settleable matter and total coliform organisms. Wastewater from the facility is discharged to the Sacramento River.
Oakwood Lake Water District/ Beck Properties in San Joaquin County face $63,000 in MMPs for effluent limitation violations from the Oakwood Lake Subdivision Mining Reclamation Project's discharge to the San Joaquin River from Jan. 1, 2000 through April 30, 2008. The discharger violated the effluent limitations for pH and turbidity."
Complete article:
http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=250975
"Thursday, November 27, 2008
The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board has issued disciplinary measures against several businesses and municipalities in recent weeks, including monetary fines to the city of Stockton.
The city of Stockton, the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, and Oakwood Lake Water District/ Beck Properties face penalties of $18,000, $54,000, and $63,000, respectively, for numerous violations of permitted effluent limits at their discharge sites.
The Central Valley water board's assistant executive officer has issued Administrative Civil Liability Complaints for assessment of mandatory minimum penalties for each of the three facilities.
The city of Stockton faces $18,000 in MMPs for effluent limitation violations that occurred at its wastewater treatment plant from Jan. 1, 2000 through April 30, 2008. The city violated the effluent limitations for dibromochloromethane, carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand and total coliform organisms. Wastewater from the facility is discharged to the San Joaquin River.
The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District faces $54,000 in MMPs for effluent limitation violations at the wastewater treatment plant from Jan. 1, 2000 through April 30, 2008. The district violated the effluent limitations for chlorine residual, cyanide, pH, settleable matter and total coliform organisms. Wastewater from the facility is discharged to the Sacramento River.
Oakwood Lake Water District/ Beck Properties in San Joaquin County face $63,000 in MMPs for effluent limitation violations from the Oakwood Lake Subdivision Mining Reclamation Project's discharge to the San Joaquin River from Jan. 1, 2000 through April 30, 2008. The discharger violated the effluent limitations for pH and turbidity."
Complete article:
http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=250975