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NPDES Self Monitoring Program
City of Modesto Storm Water Discharge from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System

Organization

City of Modesto
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Plan contact

John C. Riviera
209-577-6381
[email protected]
Start date 06/12/2008
End date None
Objectives The City of Modesto is located in Stanislaus County at the confluence of Dry Creek and the Tuolumne River (tributaries of the San Joaquin River). The city encompasses 36 square miles with an average elevation of 91 feet above sea level. The average annual precipitation is approximately 12.2 inches. The storm drain system has approximately 77 ,miles of storm drain lines and 20 pump stations within the City. Storm water discharges from the City drain to detention/retention basins (13 detention and 11 retention basins in the City), approximately 18 major outfalls to receiving waters (Tuolumne River or Dry Creek), approximately 18 major outfalls to receiving waters (Tuolumne River or Dry Creek), Modesto Irrigation District (MID) laterals/drains, or rock wells (approximately 11,000). Surface water discharges occur generally in the older areas of the City of those areas immediately adjacent to the Tuolumne River, Dry Creek or irrigation canals. Forty percent of storm water discharges to detention/retention basins, twenty percent to receiving waters (Tuolumne River or Dry Creek), ten percent direct to MID laterals/drains, and thirty percent to rock wells.
Annual budget None

Basins & sub-basins monitored

  • San Joaquin River (Eastside)
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Sites Monitored

Name Code Latitude Longitude Map
Bodem Street runoff near MID Lateral No. 4
Bodem 37.644842 -120.987381 locate
Dry Creek, Downstream
DryCreek 37.634739 -120.985228 locate
Dry Creek, Upstream
Drycreeku 37.658844 -120.923222 locate
Northpointe Basin near Palendale Avenue
NPointe 37.699861 -121.0239 locate
Orchard Park Basin near Briggsmore Avenue
Orchard 37.6766 -120.953722 locate
Scenic Drive Urban Runoff near Dry Creek
Scenic 37.652744 -120.954047 locate
Tuolumne River, Downstream
Tuolumne 37.608844 -121.030719 locate
Tuolumne River, Upstream
TuolumneD 37.617786 -120.939167 locate

Parameters Monitored

GroupParametersFrequency
Bulk Organics Oil & Grease Other
General Sediment Quality Volatile Suspended Solids (VSS) Other
General Water Quality Alkalinity, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Electrical Conductivity (EC) , Hardness, pH, Specific Conductance [EC @ 25 deg C], Temperature, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Turbidity Other, Storms only
Major Ions & Minerals Chloride, Cyanide, Fluoride Other
Mercury Mercury, Methylmercury Other
Metals & Trace Elements Aluminum, Antimony, Beryllium, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, Lead, Thallium, Zinc Other
Nutrients Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Nitrate + Nitrite as N NO3-N + NO2-N, Nitrate NO3, Nitrite NO2, Phosphorus, Total Ammonia as Nitrogen NH3-N, Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) Other, Storms only
Organic Carbon (OC) Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Other
Organic Contaminants Acid extractable - other, Base-neutral extractable - other, Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, Foaming Agents (MBAS), Organic Contaminants - other, PAHs - other, PCB-1016 (Aroclor 1016), PCB-1221 (Aroclor 1221), PCB-1232 (Aroclor 1232), PCB-1242 (Aroclor 1242), PCB-1248 (Aroclor 1248), PCB-1260 (Aroclor 1260) Other, Not Recorded
Pathogens & Bacteria E. coli, Fecal Coliforms, Total Coliforms Other
Pesticides Organochlorine Pesticides, Organophosphates, Pesticides - other Other
Sediment Chemistry Arsenic, Chromium, Copper, Lead, Mercury, Nickel, Pyrethroids, Sediment Chemistry - other, Sediment Organic Contaminants - other , Selenium, Silver, Zinc Other

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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