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NPDES Self Monitoring Program
Shasta County Service Area No. 17, Cottonwood, WWTP, Shasta County

Organization

Shasta County Service
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Program website

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Plan contact

Randy Gillichbauer
(530) 347-0431

Start date 01/01/2005
End date None
Objectives The wastewater treatment plant consists of: a headworks with bar screen and Parshall flume with ultrasonic level sensor; two, parallel oxidation ditches with aerators; two, parallel secondary clarifiers with skimmers; traveling-bridge sand filter unit; chlorine disinfection with chlorine gas; serpentine chlorine contact chamber; dechlorination by addition of sulfur dioxide; an outfall line and diffuser to Cottonwood Creek; a northern 4.3 acre-feet sludge settling basin (formerly 0.83 acre-feet), a southern 0.63 acre-feet sludge settling basin; and four, sludge/sand drying beds.
Annual budget None

Basins & sub-basins monitored

  • Sacramento River (Sacramento River)
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Sites Monitored

Name Code Latitude Longitude Map
Cottonwood Creek, 100 ft US of discharge
R-1 40.377815 -122.270597 locate
Cottonwood Creek, 100 ft DS of discharge
R-2 40.377728 -122.271054 locate

Parameters Monitored

GroupParametersFrequency
Disinfection Byproducts Total Residual Chlorine (TRC), Trihalomethanes Weekly, Annual
General Water Quality Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Electrical Conductivity (EC), Hardness, pH, Temperature, Turbidity Weekly, Quarterly, Monthly, Daily
Major Ions & Minerals Asbestos, Cyanide Annual
Mercury Mercury Annual
Metals & Trace Elements Antimony, Arsenic, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper, Nickel, Selenium, Silver, Thallium, Zinc Annual, Quarterly
Organic Contaminants Acid extractable - other, Base-neutral extractable - other, Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, Organic Contaminants - other, PAHs - other, PCBs Annual
Pathogens & Bacteria Fecal Coliforms, Total Coliforms Weekly
Pesticides Organochlorine Pesticides Annual
Water Toxicity Toxicity (chronic) - Ceriodaphnia, Toxicity (chronic) - Fathead minnow, Toxicity (chronic) - other Quarterly

Data Products Available

ItemAvailable OnlineURLAvailable by RequestComment
Monitoring Plan Yes http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/... Yes past order
Other No Yes Discharger self-report
Monitoring Plan Yes http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/... No current order
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