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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0081434

GALT WWTPRF, Galt, CA: NPDES CA0081434 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GALT WWTPRF, held by Galt, City of, holds NPDES permit CA0081434, which discharges to Skunk Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 23, 2010 and expiring September 1, 2015. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedGALT WWTPRF
Permittee as filedGalt, City of
NPDES IDCA0081434
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 23, 2010
Expiration dateSeptember 1, 2015
AddressGalt, CA 95632
Receiving waterSkunk Creek
SubwatershedLower Laguna (HUC 180400130705)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 216 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, suspended percent removal14038October 31, 20091,540% over the limit
Solids, settleable11411January 31, 20081,000% over the limit
Arsenic, total recoverable3117February 28, 201514% over the limit
Coliform, total general3117July 31, 201399,999% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable587February 28, 2015143% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]7275January 31, 2016247% over the limit
% Survival Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas284December 31, 202099% over the limit
Cyanide, total [as CN]364November 30, 201474% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual264January 31, 20067,400% over the limit
% Survival Flow Through 96Hr Acute Pimephales promelas064December 31, 202099% over the limit
Turbidity244December 31, 2004
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C17343December 31, 201499,999% over the limit
Solids, total suspended17333September 30, 201499,999% over the limit
Lead, total recoverable273December 31, 20155,567% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal153October 31, 2006233% over the limit
Dibromochloromethane343November 30, 2004315% over the limit
pH262July 31, 2012
Zinc, total recoverable1181September 30, 201613% over the limit
Mercury, total recoverable3131December 31, 20121,940% over the limit
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]361February 28, 20152% over the limit
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]321August 31, 201499,999% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant480
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-Octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin270
1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin270
1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin270
1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin270
1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin270
1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran270
2,3,4,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran270
1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran270
1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran270
1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzofuran270
2,3,4,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran270
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzofuran270
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-Heptachlorodibenzofuran270
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin270
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran270
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-Octachlorodibenzofuran270
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia270
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]260
Phosphorus, total [as P]160
Chloride [as Cl]160
Chloroform160
Specific conductance250
TU Static 4 Day Chronic Raphidocelis subcapitata (formerly Selenastrum capricornutum)250
TU Static Renewal 7-Day Chronic Pimphales promelas250
Sulfite [as SO3]150
Sulfide, total [as S]150
Sulfate, total [as SO4]150
Asbestos150
Fluoride, total [as F]150
Selenium, total recoverable150
Thallium, total recoverable150
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]150
Barium, total recoverable150
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]150
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]150
Nickel, total recoverable150
Silver total recoverable150
Cadmium, total recoverable150

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES CA0081434.

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 14, 2026.