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NPDES Self Monitoring Program
California Dairies, Inc. and Los Banos Foods, Inc.

Organization

California Dairies Inc.
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Los Banos Foods Inc.

Program website

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Plan contact

Moroni Debruin
209-826-4901

Start date 08/11/2007
End date None
Objectives The Discharger owns and operates a milk processing Facility. Non-contacted cooling water is discharged from Discharge Point 001 to the San Luis Canal, a water of the United States. The San Luis Canal is an earthen channel that drains the western portion of the Grassland Area west of the Merced River and carries surface and subsurface drainage water, as well as irrigation water supplied by the Central CA Irrigation District. The San Luis Canal i diverted into man-made drainage channels, including Mud Slough North, Mud Slough South, and Salt Slough. Drainage from these channels is to the San Joaquin River, a water of the United States, between Sack Dam and the mouth of Merced River, also a water of the United States.
Annual budget None

Basins & sub-basins monitored

  • San Joaquin River (Grasslands)
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Sites Monitored

Name Code Latitude Longitude Map
San Luis Canal, 100 ft US of where the constructed storm drain enters the San Luis Canal
R-001 37.055278 -120.83889 locate

Parameters Monitored

GroupParametersFrequency
Disinfection Byproducts Trihalomethanes Annual
General Water Quality Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Hardness, pH, Specific Conductance [EC @ 25 deg C], Temperature, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Quarterly
Major Ions & Minerals Asbestos, Chloride, Cyanide Annual, Quarterly
Mercury Mercury Annual
Metals & Trace Elements Antimony, Arsenic, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Chromium VI, 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
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
Annual Report No Yes Discharger self-report
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