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NPDES Self Monitoring Program
City of Dunsmuir, WWTP

Organization

City of Dunsmuir
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Program website

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Plan contact

Patricia Hall
530-235-4822

Start date 12/08/2006
End date None
Objectives The Discharger owns and operates an advanced secondary wastewater treatment and collection system. The Dunsmuir Wastewater Treatment Plant is composed of an aerated grit chamber, comminutor, oxidation ditch, secondary clarifier, sand filter, chlorine contact chamber, dechlorinator system, and sludge drying beds. Wastewater is discharged from Discharge Point 001 to the Sacramento River, a water of the United States within Upper Sacramento Hydrologic Unit, Mount Shasta Hydrologic Area, Dunsmuir Hydrologic Subarea. Cease and Desist Order No. R5-2006-0136.
Annual budget None

Basins & sub-basins monitored

  • Sacramento River (Sacramento River)
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Sites Monitored

Name Code Latitude Longitude Map
Sacramento River, 100 ft below confluence of Little Castle Creek (west bank)
RSW-001 41.183874 -122.284366 locate
Sacramento River 300 ft below EEF-001, adjacent to Pond 4
RSW-002 41.181638 -122.28172 locate

Parameters Monitored

GroupParametersFrequency
Disinfection Byproducts Trihalomethanes Annual
General Water Quality Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Hardness, pH, Temperature, Turbidity Bimonthly, Biweekly, Monthly
Major Ions & Minerals Cyanide Annual
Mercury Mercury Annual
Metals & Trace Elements Antimony, Arsenic, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper, Nickel, Selenium, Silver, Thallium, Zinc Annual
Organic Contaminants Base-neutral extractable - other, Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, Organic Contaminants - other, PAHs - other, PCBs Annual
Pathogens & Bacteria Fecal Coliforms, Total Coliforms Biweekly, Bimonthly
Pesticides Organochlorine Pesticides Annual
Priority Pollutants Priority Pollutants 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
Other No Yes Discharger self-report
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