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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0105392

CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO WRF, San Bernardino, CA: NPDES CA0105392 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO WRF, held by San Bernardino, City of, Municipal Water Department, holds NPDES permit CA0105392, which discharges to Santa Ana River, Reach 5 & East Twin Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 14, 2012 and expiring December 31, 2017. 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 filedCITY OF SAN BERNARDINO WRF
Permittee as filedSan Bernardino, City of, Municipal Water Department
NPDES IDCA0105392
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
IssuedDecember 14, 2012
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2017
AddressSan Bernardino, CA 92408
Receiving waterSanta Ana River, Reach 5 & East Twin Creek

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 141 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Coliform, total general1179December 31, 200899,999% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C4261May 31, 200327% over the limit
Solids, total suspended4270
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4250
pH4240
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]2140
Specific conductance2120
Chlorine, total residual2100
Solids, total dissolved180
Cyanide, total [as CN]270
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]170
Nitrogen, inorganic total160
BOD, 5-day, percent removal160
Solids, suspended percent removal160
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]250
%Surv Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia040
%Surv Static 96Hr Acute Pimphales Promelas040
Mercury, total recoverable220
Thallium, total recoverable210
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]210
Silver total recoverable210
Cadmium, total recoverable210
Antimony, total recoverable210
2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol210
Dichlorobromomethane210
Carbon tetrachloride210
1,2-Dichloroethane210
Bromoform210
Dibromochloromethane210
Chloroform210
Benzene210
.delta.-BHC210
Acenaphthylene210
Acenaphthene210
Acrolein210
Acrylonitrile210
Anthracene210
Benzo[b]fluoranthene210
Benzo[k]fluoranthene210
Benzo[a]pyrene210
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether210
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane210
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether210
Butyl benzyl phthalate210
Chlorobenzene210
Chrysene210
Diethyl phthalate210
Dimethyl phthalate210
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine210
Endosulfan sulfate210
.beta.-Endosulfan210
.alpha.-Endosulfan210
Endrin aldehyde210
Ethylbenzene210
Fluoranthene210
Fluorene210
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene210
Hexachlorobutadiene210
Hexachloroethane210
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene210

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 CA0105392.

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.