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NPDES Self Monitoring Program
California Department of General Services, Central Plant Operations, Heating and Cooling Facility

Organization

California Department of General Services
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Program website

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Plan contact

Scott Hixon
916-653-0009
[email protected]
Start date 06/22/2007
End date None
Objectives The Facility provides heating and cooling to downtown State office buildings and, as a result, discharge non-contact cooling water from a spray header into the Sacramento River. The sources of cooling water from a spray header into the Sacramento River. The sources of cooling water to the Facility are obtained from a Ranney Collector beneather the Sacramento River, Front Street Well, P Street Well, and, on an emergency basis, from the City of Sacramento municipal water distribution system. No chemicals are added to the suplly water, which is used in a a once-through system to re-condense refrigerant and carry away unwanted heat. There is no treatment of the cooling water at the Facility prior to discharge. Wastewater is discharged from Discharge Point No. 001 to the Sacramento River, a water of the United States, within the Lower Sacramento Watershed.
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 US of Discharge Point 001
RSW-001 38.574501 -121.510646 locate
Sacramento River, 300 ft DS of Discharge Pt 001
RSW-002 38.57303 -121.512075 locate

Parameters Monitored

GroupParametersFrequency
General Water Quality Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Hardness, pH, Specific Conductance [EC @ 25 deg C], Temperature, Turbidity Weekly, Other
Priority Pollutants Priority Pollutants Other

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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