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Kraft Foods, Inc. Visalia Plant
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Organization
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| Start date | 10/21/2005 |
| End date | None |
| Objectives | Kraft Foods, Inc., a California corporation, owns and operates a milk products processing plant at 715 North Divisadero Street in Visalia, California. This Order regulates the discharge of non-contact water to Mill Creek, a water of the United States. The discharge was previously governed by Waste Discharge Requirements Order No. 97-122 Permit No. adopted by the Regional Board on 20 June 1997. The Dischargers effluent consists of non-contact cooling water from the initial cooling cycle for three cottage cheese process starter tanks and from evaporation pump seals. The source water is groundwater pumped from an on-site well, which is chlorinated to inhibit biological activity in the cooling system. The non-contact cooling water is discharged from the plant to a storm drain, which discharged to Mill Creek via Discharge 001. The non-contact cooling water is not treated prior to discharge. The discharge to Mill Creek occurs at a point in the SE 1/4 of Section 30, T18S, R25E, MDB&M (Discharge 001). Mill Creek is an ephemeral stream tributary to Cross Creek approximately 10 miles downstream of the discharge. During wet years, Cross Creek discharged to the Tule River, approximately 15 miles downstream of the confluence of Mill Creek with Cross Creek. The site lies within the Kaweah Delta Hydrologic Area in the South Valley Floor Hydrologic Unit. |
| Annual budget | None |
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Basins & sub-basins monitored
- Tulare Lake (Tulare Lake)
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Sites Monitored
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Latitude |
Longitude |
Map |
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Mill Creek, 100 ft US from the point of discharge
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R-1 |
36.330416 |
-119.310694 |
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Mill Creek, 200-300 ft DS from the point of discharge
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R-2 |
36.330717 |
-119.311341 |
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Parameters Monitored
| Group | Parameters | Frequency |
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| Disinfection Byproducts |
Total Residual Chlorine (TRC), Trihalomethanes |
Monthly, Other |
| General Water Quality |
Dissolved Oxygen (DO), pH, Specific Conductance [EC @ 25 deg C], Temperature, Turbidity |
Monthly |
| Hydrology |
Flow |
Monthly |
| Major Ions & Minerals |
Asbestos, Cyanide |
Other |
| Mercury |
Mercury |
Other |
| Metals & Trace Elements |
Antimony, Arsenic, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper, Nickel, Selenium, Silver, Thallium, Zinc |
Other |
| Organic Contaminants |
Acid extractable - other, Base-neutral extractable - other, Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, Organic Contaminants - other, PAHs - other, PCBs |
Other |
| Pesticides |
Organochlorine Pesticides |
Other |
| Priority Pollutants |
Priority Pollutants |
Other |
| Water Toxicity |
Toxicity (chronic) - Ceriodaphnia, Toxicity (chronic) - Fathead minnow, Toxicity (chronic) - other |
Quarterly |
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Data Products Available
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