Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA0109045
SOUTH BAY WRP, San Diego, CA: NPDES CA0109045 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 95Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SOUTH BAY WRP, held by San Diego, City of, holds NPDES permit CA0109045, which discharges to Pacific Ocean. EPA’s file records it issued February 13, 2013 and expiring April 3, 2018. 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 filed | SOUTH BAY WRP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | San Diego, City of |
| NPDES ID | CA0109045 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 13, 2013 |
| Expiration date | April 3, 2018 |
| Address | San Diego, CA 92154 |
| Receiving water | Pacific Ocean |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 113Pollutants on file
- 95Under a numeric limit
- 113With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 113 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 372 | 14 | March 31, 2017 | 3,347% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 5 | 371 | 5 | November 30, 2011 | 2,921% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 72 | 3 | May 31, 2011 | 40% over the limit |
| Solids, settleable | 3 | 221 | 2 | September 30, 2018 | 193% over the limit |
| Turbidity | 3 | 200 | 2 | August 31, 2009 | |
| pH | 2 | 133 | 1 | July 31, 2022 | |
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 395 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 342 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 262 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 5 | 244 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 6 | 230 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 6 | 227 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 6 | 226 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 6 | 225 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 6 | 223 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 6 | 219 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 6 | 217 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 6 | 187 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 187 | 0 | ||
| Endosulfan, total | 5 | 169 | 0 | ||
| Phenols, chlorinated | 5 | 165 | 0 | ||
| Phenolic compounds, unchlorinated | 5 | 165 | 0 | ||
| Endrin | 5 | 161 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclohexane, total | 5 | 161 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 5 | 142 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 5 | 142 | 0 | ||
| Radioactivity | 1 | 73 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 66 | 0 | ||
| TU Static 48Hr Chronic Haliotis rufescens | 2 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Benzidine | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Isophorone | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Dibromochloromethane | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Tetrachloroethylene | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Di-n-butyl phthalate | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Vinyl chloride | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Trichloroethylene | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| DDT/DDD/DDE, sum of p,p' & o,p' isomers | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Dieldrin | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Heptachlor | 2 | 26 | 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 CA0109045.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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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