Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0023043

FORESTVILLE WATER DISTRICT WASTEWATER TREATMENT, RECYCLING, & DISPOSAL FACILITY, Forestville, CA: NPDES CA0023043 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
149Pollutants under a numeric limit
11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

FORESTVILLE WATER DISTRICT WASTEWATER TREATMENT, RECYCLING, & DISPOSAL FACILITY, held by Forestville Water District, holds NPDES permit CA0023043, which discharges to Jones Creek, Green Valley Creek, To Russian River. EPA’s file records it issued January 19, 2012 and expiring February 28, 2017. 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	FORESTVILLE WATER DISTRICT WASTEWATER TREATMENT, RECYCLING, & DISPOSAL FACILITY
Permittee as filed	Forestville Water District
NPDES ID	CA0023043
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 19, 2012
Expiration date	February 28, 2017
Address	Forestville, CA 95436
Receiving water	Jones Creek, Green Valley Creek, to Russian River
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Green Valley Creek (HUC 180101100901)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

154Pollutants on file
149Under a numeric limit
143With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 154 are shown.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind	Effluent exceedances	Latest exceedance	Largest exceedance, as filed
Cyanide, total [as CN]	2	14	14	May 31, 2026	150% over the limit
Dichlorobromomethane	2	13	13	May 31, 2026	829% over the limit
Turbidity	1	12	12	June 30, 2025
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	1	12	12	February 28, 2026	665% over the limit
Surface loading rate	0	14	8	January 31, 2026	40% over the limit
%Surv Static Renewal 96Hr Oncorhynchus mykiss	0	12	4	December 31, 2025	100% over the limit
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	1	4	4	May 31, 2026	311% over the limit
Dibromochloromethane	1	3	3	May 31, 2026	78% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	9	4	2	December 31, 2022	17% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual	2	3	2	December 31, 2021	9,900% over the limit
Coliform, total general	3	7	1	August 31, 2022	99,999% over the limit
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia	4	8	0
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas	4	8	0
96Hr Acute Ceriodaphn. Dubia % Srv	0	8	0
TU Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata (formerly Selenastrum capricornutum)	0	8	0
Haloacetic acids [HAA5]	0	7	0
Solids, total suspended	9	2	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	6	2	0
Arsenic, total recoverable	1	2	0
Selenium, total recoverable	1	2	0
Thallium, total recoverable	1	2	0
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]	1	2	0
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]	1	2	0
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]	1	2	0
Nickel, total recoverable	1	2	0
Silver total recoverable	1	2	0
Zinc, total recoverable	1	2	0
Cadmium, total recoverable	1	2	0
Lead, total recoverable	1	2	0
Antimony, total recoverable	1	2	0
2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol	1	2	0
Carbon tetrachloride	1	2	0
1,2-Dichloroethane	1	2	0
Toluene	1	2	0
Benzene	1	2	0
.delta.-BHC	1	2	0
Acenaphthylene	1	2	0
Acenaphthene	1	2	0
Acrolein	1	2	0
Acrylonitrile	1	2	0
Anthracene	1	2	0
Benzo[b]fluoranthene	1	2	0
Benzo[k]fluoranthene	1	2	0
Benzo[a]pyrene	1	2	0
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether	1	2	0
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane	1	2	0
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether	1	2	0
Butyl benzyl phthalate	1	2	0
Chlorobenzene	1	2	0
Chrysene	1	2	0
Diethyl phthalate	1	2	0
Dimethyl phthalate	1	2	0
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine	1	2	0
Endosulfan sulfate	1	2	0
.beta.-Endosulfan	1	2	0
.alpha.-Endosulfan	1	2	0
Endrin aldehyde	1	2	0
Ethylbenzene	1	2	0
Fluoranthene	1	2	0
Fluorene	1	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 CA0023043.

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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