Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES CA8000027
ELSINORE VALLEY RWRF, Lake Elsinore, CA: NPDES CA8000027 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 160Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ELSINORE VALLEY RWRF, held by ELSINORE VALLEY MWD, holds NPDES permit CA8000027, which discharges to Lake Elsinore. EPA’s file records it issued March 4, 2005 and expiring March 1, 2010. 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 | ELSINORE VALLEY RWRF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ELSINORE VALLEY MWD |
| NPDES ID | CA8000027 |
| 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 | March 4, 2005 |
| Expiration date | March 1, 2010 |
| Address | Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 |
| Receiving water | LAKE ELSINORE |
| Subwatershed | Arroyo Del Torro-Temescal Wash (HUC 180702030601) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 163Pollutants on file
- 160Under a numeric limit
- 163With 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 163 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turbidity | 4 | 43 | 30 | April 30, 2025 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 51 | 18 | October 31, 2014 | 1,640% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 10 | 42 | 10 | October 31, 2014 | 1,275% over the limit |
| Coliform, total general | 4 | 26 | 10 | December 31, 2021 | 275% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 15 | 10 | September 30, 2024 | 567% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 29 | 7 | March 31, 2020 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 24 | 7 | March 31, 2022 | 168% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 11 | 6 | September 30, 2017 | 567% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 18 | 4 | March 31, 2012 | 119% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 9 | 24 | 2 | July 31, 2011 | 4,259% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free available | 8 | 18 | 2 | April 30, 2005 | 19% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, inorganic total | 7 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 9 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 6 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2-Methyl-4,6-dinitrophenol | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| .delta.-BHC | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| .beta.-Endosulfan | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| .alpha.-Endosulfan | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Endrin aldehyde | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Fluoranthene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Fluorene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Hexachlorobutadiene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Hexachloroethane | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Isophorone | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| N-Nitrosodi-N-propylamine | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| N-Nitrosodiphenylamine | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| N-Nitrosodimethylamine [NDMA] | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrobenzene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Phenanthrene | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Pyrene | 3 | 14 | 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 CA8000027.
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.